419 scam: "Mrs. Shirley Perez Fosgate" <deptpay@cpost.plala.or.jp> Dearly Beloved In Christ,

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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:

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand american dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- fosgateperez330@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Shirley Perez Fosgate" <deptpay@cpost.plala.or.jp>
Reply-To: fosgateperez330@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 23:40:57 +0900
Subject: Dearly Beloved In Christ,

My Beloved Sister/Brother 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 but 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. Shirley Perez Fosgate the wife of Mr. Abraham Fosgate from Philippines, My husband worked with the Central Bank Philippines for ten years before he died in the year 2012. We were married for twenty-seven years without a child. My Husband Before his death, 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 $8,200,000.00 USD (Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand American Dollars) with the Bay Federal Credit Union Bank in California United States of America. 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 authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over.

Unfortunately, I'm in a hospital in the Philippines where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophagal 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 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 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 understand that blessed is the hand that gives. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband's 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. Thus 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 the 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's attorney in the United States of America
as-he will be the one to assist you in laying claims for this money.

Yours in Christ,
Email, fosgateperez330@gmail.com
Mrs Shirley Perez Fosgate.

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