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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Felix Mbudiche" <ifmgac@msn.com>
Reply-To: ifmgac@eriga.lv
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:53:12 +0000
Subject: TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

Beloved in Christ,

Greetings in the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus!

It is a privilege to share this great testimony with you, to God be
thy glory. I am Brother Felix Mbudiche, happily married to my wife
with two children. I am a new convert and I reside in London. During a
prayer and fasting session in our church I asked God Almighty, to
direct me to an honest person that will I will entrust the wealth I
acquired when I was in the world and not found Christ in my life,
someone who will use this Fund righteously to reach the needy, the
less privileged and lost souls. For the word of God says, "what shall
it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loss his soul". The
bible also says, "the blessing of God comes supernaturally and it is
through Divine favour". May the Lord's favour and peace be multiplied
to you. Please see the book of Numbers 6:24-26; 2 Peter 1:2.

The amount involved, is $3.5m US dollar (Three million, five hundred
thousand US dollars), and this said fund was acquired when I was still in
the world. Immediately after my declaration of Jesus Christ as my Lord and
Personal Saviour and given my life to God, I packaged and sealed the fund in
a trunk box and deposited the trunk box that contained the fund with a
Security Company, waiting for clearance and claims for the purpose of
actualizing this great dream of reaching the poor, needy and less privileged
to the glory of God.

My beloved, I will like you to immediately send me your particulars,
full names, full address, private telephone and fax numbers to enable
me procure the necessary documents covering the fund, making you the
sole beneficiary of the fund.
As soon as I receive your particulars, I will start up all the
necessary process on how the funds will get to you.

Be informed that as soon as this fund is in your possession, I shall
join you in your country to see how the fund will be use for the
things that will exalt the name of God.

May goodness and mercy follow you all the days of your life.

Awaiting your prompt response.

Yours in Christ,
Felix Mbudiche.


TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

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