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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Shirley Perez Fosgate <tommypatrick317@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsshirleyperezfosgate7@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:52:17 +0100
Subject: Hello

From: Mrs. Shirley Perez Fosgate
Address: 11 Temple Drive Greenmeadows
Subdivision 8510 Quezon City, Philippines

Dearly Beloved in christ...,

I bring peace and love to you from God and our lord Jesus Christ.It is by
the grace of God that I received Christ,Having known the truth,I had no
choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal
life and in the sight of man for witness of Gods mercy and glory upon my
life.

I am Mrs. Shirley Perez Fosgate the wife of Mr. Abraham Fosgate from
Philippines, My husband worked with the Central Bank Of Philippines for ten
years before he died in the year 2012. We were married for twenty-seven
years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted
for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive
he deposited the sum of £5,200,000.00 GBP (Five Million Two Hundred
Thousand Great British Pound) with Barclay,s Bank PLC,UK . Presently, this
money is still with the bank and the management just wrote me as the next
of kin to come forward to sign for the release of this fund only know to me
and my late husband or rather issue an authorization to somebody to receive
it on my behalf if I can not come over.

Unfortunately, I'm in a hospital in Philippines where I have been
undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to
talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It
is my last wish to see this money distributed to charitable organizations
any where in the World. Because relatives and friends have plundered so
much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand and collect the money
from the bank . I want a person that is God fearing that will use this
money to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God
and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to
understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision
because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned
money to be misused by unbelievers.

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of
death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the
bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and
I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in this
regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives
around me always. I don't want them to know about this development.With God
all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your response I shall give you the contact information
of my late husband accountant in Europe as he will be the one to assist you
in laying claims for this money.

Reply me at (mrsshirleyperezfosgate7@gmail.com).

Yours in Christ,
Mrs Shirley Perez Fosgate

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