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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: "FROM MRS. FAVOUR A. FOSGATE" <joycazoff@meta.ua>
Reply-To: boatelexremittancedepartn@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:07:00 -0800
Subject: DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST

Dear Beloved In Christ,

I bring peace and love to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by the grace of God I'm wirtting to you having known you in person, 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 God’s mercy and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs. Favour Allison Fosgate. The wife of late Mr. Fosgate from Philippines, My husband work with the Central Bank Philippines for twenty years as the Director before he died in the year 2013. We were married for twenty-Nine years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only ten days. 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 $18,500,000.00 USD (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars) with the Bank of America, United States of America. Presently, this money is still with the bank and the management has just written to me as the Next of Kin to come forward for the release of the fund only known to me and my late husband, or give authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over. Unfortunately, I'm in a general hospital in Chu Cocody, Abidjan CI, 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 that this money distributed to charitable organizations in your conutry. 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.

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.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Favour Allison Fosgate.

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