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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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Fraud email example:

From: martins_well@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:59:14 -0700
Subject: DEVINE INTERVENTION

Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing
the truth and the truth have set me free. Having known the
truth, 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 have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, having
seen your contact from the Internet. I am Barrister Martins Well, the
legaladviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Andy Brown, an America couple that lived

in my Country Nigeria for 30 years before they both died in the plane crash

late last year.

These couples were good Christians, they so dedicated
their live to God but they had no child till they died.
Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a lot of
properties like lands, house properties, etc.

As their legal adviser, before their death, the husband Mr.
Andy Brown instructed me to write his WILL. Because they
had no child, they dedicated their wealth to God. According
to the WILL, the properties have to be sold and the money
be given out to a ministry for the work of God. As their
legal adviser, all the documents for the properties were in
my care. He gave me the authority to sell the properties
and give out the fund to the Ministries for the work of
God.

In short, I sold all the properties after their death, as
instructed by Mr.Andy Brown before his death. And as matter
of fact, after I sold all their properties, I realized more
than $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars plus), and what
supposed to be the percentage interest of my right legal
fee was firstly deducted by me out of the total amount
realized from the sold properties, this was base on the
initial agreement between me and the owner of the
properties before his death. Therefore the total amount
left to be invested into God\'s work as instructed by the
owner, is $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars) only. But
Instead of giving the main fund out for the work of God
then, as initially instructed to me by the owner before his
death.

Therefore, I converted the fund to myself with the
intention of investing the fund abroad for my personal use
instead of giving the money out as intructed by the owner
before his death. I was afraid of putting the fund in the
Bank, because I have to give account to the bank on how I
got the money. I then packaged the fund in consignments and
deposited the consignments with a security company. I did
not want the management of the Security Company to know the
content of the consignments, therefore I registered the
consignment as Diplomatic consignment while the contents of
the consignments was declared as Gold Bars. And upon my
authority given to the security company then, the
consignment has since then been airlifted to their
affiliated security company in Holland. Now the affiliated
security company in Holland believes that the contents of
the consignment deposited with them was Gold Bars.

However, I later had encounter with Christ when Pastor
Benny Hinn was preaching on television concerning Ananias
and Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. After hearing the word of God,
I gave my life to Christ and became a born again Christian.
As a born again Christian, I started reading my bible and
one day, the Lord opened my eyes to Ezekiel 33: 18 and 19
where the word of God says: \"When the righteous truth from
his righteousness, and committee iniquity, he shall even
die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness,
and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live
thereby. From the scripture, I discovered that the only way
I could have peace in my life is to do what is lawful and
right by giving out the fund as instructed for the work of
God by the owner before his death.

I have asked God for forgiveness and I know that God have
forgiven me. But I have to do what is lawful and right in
the sight of God by giving out the fund to the chosen
ministry for the purpose of God\'s work as instructed by
the owner before his death.


After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make his
choice and direct me to a honest Christian or the chosen
ministry that deserves this fund by his Grace. I then came
across your address on the Internet as I was browsing
through a Christian site, and as a matter of fact, it is
not only you or your ministry that I picked on the
Christian site initially, but after my fervent prayer over
it, then you were nominated to me through divine revelation
from God, so these are how I received such a livine
revelation from the Lord, how I got your contact
information, and I then decided to contact you for the fund
to be used wisely for things that will glorify the name of
God.

I have notified the Security Company where I deposited the
consignments that contained the fund, that I will soon move
out the consignment from their company and the affiliated
security company in Holland has since been waiting for me
to come and clear the consignment from their company.

So if you know that you will use this fund honestly and
wisely for the things that will glorify God\'s name, then
do urgently contact me back first through this mail and the
details will be given to you on how you will be able to
receive the fund in your country through the affiliated
security company company in Holland.

You should also forward to me your telephone and fax number
for easy communication and to fax you the documents
concerning the consignments.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ.

Barrister Martins Well.

Note:
Reply Alternative email: martins_well@123mail.cl



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