"I inherited 4 million dollars": is it a scam?

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 Alexa190495 -
Hello,
I inherited over 4 million dollars! But no, that's not true:

Here is the first message:

Hello,
I am Mr. Jonas Edeh, born on November 11, 1946, in Belgium.
I have been suffering from throat cancer for nearly a month and a half.
My attending physician has just informed me that my days are numbered due to my deteriorating health.
My marital situation is such that I have neither a wife nor
children to whom I could leave my inheritance.
That is why I would like to graciously donate this inheritance amounting to 4,000.00 US dollars for your charitable work.
I would like to have the following information: Your full name, a phone number, and if possible, the fax number. I count on your goodwill and especially on the proper use of these funds for your work.
Mr. Jonas Edeh

I told him that I would make good use of it and that I had many projects...

He sends me another message:

Hello,
I acknowledge receipt of your email and thank you.
I have decided to donate these funds to you in the hope that you will make good use of them.
I have deposited the funds in Madrid, Spain, for security reasons because I did not want a relative of mine to be aware.
Also, I do not want you to contact me by phone because I do not want a relative of mine to know about what I want to do for you.
I will give you the contact of my personal lawyer who currently holds the deposit certificate given to me after the funds were deposited.
My lawyer will help you transfer the ownership of the funds into your own name as my heir.
Here is my lawyer's contact:
Mr. Schimtz Willems.
Rue de l’Abbaye 5 6540 LOBBES.
Tel/Fax: 323458123054
Email: schimtz_willems@gawab.com
Please contact him as I have already informed him
hoping that you will make good use of the funds.
Thank you.
Jonas Edeh

I told him that the number was incorrect and that there were too many digits, and he replied


It seems that I made an error in the number
You can contact my lawyer by email
My parents are around me, I do not want them to know about this
Contact my lawyer by email; he already knows about you.
Jonas.

So I contact the lawyer by email and here is what he tells me:

Hello,
Thank you very much for your letter and the content has been noted.
I am Mr. Schimtz Willems, a private lawyer for Mr. Jonas Edeh, who is currently very ill and hospitalized in one of the hospitals in Belgium.
He told me of his interest in donating his money; I cannot oppose his will.
He has deposited the funds in Madrid, Spain, for security reasons; he told me he does not want any family members to know anything about these funds.
Before the funds are transferred to your bank, it will be necessary to charge the deposit certificate in your name as the new beneficiary, and to proceed, at this point, I will need the information listed below.
1. Your full name.
2. Your address.
3. Your phone number.
4. Your fax number
5. Your email address
6. A copy of your identity
Upon receipt of the above-mentioned information, I will make a trip to Madrid, Spain, where the funds are deposited, and submit your information to the security company for the change of ownership to your name.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
Schimtz Willems

I did not give any news

According to my research on the internet, it seems that there is a false lawyer, but then the sick person must really exist....
Then, he asks you for money to unblock the inheritance, and it seems that a girl in the same situation as me had to receive a sum of money with a briefcase full of cash from scammers.

Have you ever experienced this kind of scam???

In any case, one thing is for sure, "I'm not rich, but what a laugh!"

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Arnak eater
 
Hi!
Indeed, it smells like a scam.
There are indeed lawyers on Rue de l'Abbaye in Lobbes... But no Schmitz.. And the phone number should be +32 71xxxxx
Moreover, the text is poorly written (Automatic translator..??).
The Gawab email is an African mail service!
In any case, this scam is well known, here we have a little variation... Do not send documents that they could use to mount a new scam...
The story of the trunk filled with millions of $$$ is also well known.. I have a case ongoing with Côte d'Ivoire and I am chasing the scammers at W.U...
This site is filled with similar stories!!! Consider yourself warned...
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milly64
 
Hello everyone, I also received a message of this type, this time from someone named Gilbertine Lavoie (lol):


Good evening
I know my message may seem somewhat unusual to you, but I assure you that I am sincere in what I am going to say in the rest of my email. I would like you to pay particular attention to it.

I also want to tell you that this is neither a bad joke nor a hoax, let alone a prank, but something very serious. It is with a desperate air that I send you this message; I know it may come as a surprise, and maybe I won’t even get a response.

First of all, I want to apologize for this intrusion into your life, even though I admit that it is very important to me. I am Mrs. GILBERTINE LAVOIE, 62 years old, born in Rennes, France. I have been suffering from throat cancer for over 3 and a half years, and unfortunately, my doctor has just informed me that I am in the terminal phase and that my days are numbered due to my severely deteriorated health. I am a widow and I have not had children, which I am starting to regret bitterly.

As for the reason I'm contacting you, it is because I wish to donate part of my assets since I have no one to inherit them. I have almost sold all my belongings, including a wood and rubber exporting company and a steel mill in Africa, where I have lived for over 48 years. A large portion of all these funds raised has been donated to various humanitarian organizations all over the world, but especially here in Africa. As for the rest of the sum, which currently amounts to €3,000,000 in a blocked personal account, my last wish would be to donate it to you so that you can invest in your field of activity and especially in humanitarian work (helping the most underprivileged). I am fully aware of what I intend to do, and I believe, despite the fact that we do not know each other, that you will know how to make good use of this money. I therefore ask you to kindly accept this bequest without asking you for anything in return except to always think about doing good around you, something I was not able to do during my life.

Do not worry, because before contacting you, I prayed for several nights for the Lord Jesus Christ to grant me contact with a trustworthy person to whom I could entrust this matter, and it was following that that I searched and found your address.

Please know that you can keep half of this money for yourself, and the rest will be used to carry out my most cherished project in the world, which is to help those in need and also to build orphanages.

That said, being reassured to have fallen on a responsible and above all good-hearted person, I would ask you to please provide me with your contact details as follows:

Last Name ................................

First Names .................................

Gender ................................

Country ...............................

City ................................

Postal Code ................................

Geographic Address ...............................

Tel/Fax ........................................

Email ................................
so that I can give them to my bank so they can contact you and get back to me as soon as possible to give you more explanations about the reasons for my gesture and the process involved.
Contact me again

Warm regards,
Mrs. GILBERTINE LAVOIE


In short, it goes without saying that these are people who do this to create false identities; once they have your information, they steal your identity. You need to be very careful. I saw a report not too long ago that showed their methods of operation!!! One way to expose them is that their messages are generally filled with errors lol. We laugh about it, but it’s pathetic because there are still people who fall for it, and that’s really unfortunate. Best wishes to everyone!!
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kalong39 Posted messages 26 Status Member 1
 
Sabine Foucart
Hello, following your previous message, it was really very kind of you, and well yes, it makes me very happy that there are dear ones, friends like you, who still support me during this difficult ordeal!
And as I told you, according to the latest analyses revealed by the doctors, my days are however numbered and right now I am just feeling very low, with zero morale!
However, yes, regarding my assets amounting to over 250,000.00€ (two hundred fifty thousand euros) in a fairly reliable foreign bank that I would like to transfer to you beforehand, I would still like to know if you would like to have more details in order to take possession of my assets. Please confirm receipt of my message, and I will give more details about my assets which are in one of the major foreign banks, in very good and reliable conditions and truly useful!
So I wish you a very good Sunday
I look forward to hearing from you
Mme Sabine Foucart
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