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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: "JAMES DICKSON" <dickson_chamber@msn.com>
Reply-To: jamesdickson103@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:49:59 +0000
Subject: GOD IS GOOD

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 JAMES DICKSON, the legal adviser to late

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Montoya, an American couple that

lived in my Country Nigeria for 25 years before they

both died in a plane crash late last year. These

couples were good Christians, they where so dedicated

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.Carlos Montoya, 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.Carlos Montoya, before his death.

And as a matter of fact, after I sold all their

properties, I realized more than $15,000,000.00

(Fiften 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 US$15 MILLION only.

But Instead of giving the main fund out for the

work of God as instructed to me by the owner before

his death. I converted the fund to myself with the

intention of investing the fund abroad for my personal

use.

I 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 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/individual for the purpose of

God's work as instructed by the owner before his

death.

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, 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 bank where I deposited

the fund that I am moving the fund abroad and the

finance company has since been waiting for my

authority for the

fund to leave my country to abroad.

if you know that you will use this fund honestly

and wisely for things that will glorify God's name,

You should also forward to me your telephone and fax

number for easy communication.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.

Do reply to my private email address and dickson104@sify.com
Yours in Christ.
BarristerJames dickson


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