419 scam: Dominique Thomas <nagt.m57@gmail.com> I was compelled to write you under a humanitarian ground.

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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!

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

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dominique.thomas000011@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dominique Thomas <nagt.m57@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dominique.thomas000011@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:49:17 -0700
Subject: I was compelled to write you under a humanitarian ground.

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With warm hearts I offer my friendship and my greetings.

I was compelled to write you under a humanitarian ground.

With due respect and humility, Iâ€™m sincerely seeking your confidence
in this matter which I am about to propose with my free mind and as a
woman of integrity.

My name is Mrs. Dominique Thomas, I am 67 years old widow, I am
terminally ill, suffering from long time cancerous tumors. And from
all indications my condition is really deteriorating and my doctors
have courageously advised me that I may not live all that long; this
is because the cancer has reached a critical stage.

I have some funds I inherited from my late loving husband, which he
deposited in a bank in Europe. I have decided to donate the funds for
a charity project in your town. Because, I shall be undergoing major
operations in less than two weeks from now, and my doctor have said in
confident that I only have 35% chance to survive these operations, due
to my critical stage of the cancer.

I took this decision, since I don't have any child that will inherit
this fund, and I don't want in a way my late husbandâ€™s hard earned
money will be misused.

If you assure me that you will use the fund for the intend purpose, my
heart will be at peace. I donâ€™t know though, but I believe that God
Almighty will work through you, because, it is usually through someone
else that he meets our needs, charitable and indulgent to everyone.

I await your response.

Yours truly,
Dominique Thomas
Email:dominique.thomas000011@gmail.com

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