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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: Madam Cecilia Thompson <miss.monicaking18@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ciciliathompson75@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:53:11 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you

I am sure this message will come to you as a surprise since we have
never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to
chose you amongest the numerous Internet users in the world, precisely
I cannot say why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I come in
peace and something very positive is about to happen to your life
right now and to the lives of others through you if only you can
carefully read my message below. Before I move further, permit me to
give you a little of my biography, My name is Mrs. Cecilia Thompson,
70 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Thompson Morgan the
Nationality of Republic of the Philippine but throughout our lives we
live and doing business in Africa in a country call Republic of Togo
in West Africa, My Husband died in a Car accident here in Togo, me and
my husband were married together for over 40 years without no Child.

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and
now that I am old and very sick of Cancer illness I have decided to
spend the rest of my life in my Ranch before I finally leave this
world, but before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the
last days of our lives to donate half of what we have worked for to
the less privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves,
family members and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my
husband is not alive today to do this with me and I am very sick and
doctor told me that I may die soon, hence I have decided to do this
philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several
charity homes and the less privilege and both in building
Churches/Mosque both in our country Philippine and here in Republic of
Togo and in different countries. Despite the agreement between my late
husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to render
support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the
fact that when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous
help from an individual we did not know and which we have not being
able to know till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to
do same to you.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know
me because I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I
have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the
beneficiary of our last will, hence I need you to do me a favor by
accepting our offer. I have some amount of money worth the sum of
$3,500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars Only) which my late Husband deposited at a Bank some years ago
before his death, I left the documents of the money with my Church
Pastor in Togo for security reasons before I left to CUBA. now I have
traveled to CUBA for my Medical treatment and I don't know if I will
survive the illness as the Doctor told me that I may die soon, what
you have to do now is to contact the Pastor and discuss with him how
to transfer the money to you.

But before I will go ahead to give you the contact of the Pastor who
is in charge of this money, I want you to promise me that you have
accepted this donation money with all your Heart? I want you also to
promise me that as soon as you receive this money you will use part of
it to help the poor and needy people there in your country for the
love of God? as soon as I receive your positive response promising me
to use part of the money to help the poor people in Your country, I
will give you the contact of the Pastor so that You will communicate
with him on how to transfer the money to your account. I will also
attach my picture on the sick bed at the hospital here in CUBA so that
you can see me and know who I am. please respond very fast because I
am very weak now and may die soon as the doctor said, do not delay.
Respond very fast. God bless you and the members of your family.
Yours faithful sister.
Mrs Cecilia Thompson

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