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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: "Gabriel Ademola." <gabrielademola@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 06:08:31 -0900
Subject: Building the Lord's House!!

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 Clement Gabriel Ademola the legal adviser to late
Mr.and Mrs. Bright Williams a British couple that lived in my
Country Nigeria for 25 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. Bright Williams
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.
Bright Williams 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 investedinto 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 he 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 documents and family
valuables. And upon my authority given to the security company
then, the consignment has since then been airlifted to their
affiliated security company in Eruope. Now the affiliated
security company in Eruope believes that the contents of the
consignment deposited with them are documents and family
valuables.


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 divine 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 their affiliated security
company in Europe 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's name,then do urgently contact me . 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
Europe. 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 or better still
call me at my direct phone at +234 803 060 3663.

Yours in Christ,

Barr. Gabriel C. Ademola



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