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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: "BARRISTER STILLVE OLA" <barr_stillve@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:32:03 +0000
Subject: DEAR BELOVED

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 enternal 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 after seeing your contact from the
Internet. I am Barrister Stillve Ola, 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 an auto mobile accident early last year.
These couples were good Christians, they so dedicated their lives to God but
they had no child till they died.

Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a lot of properties like
lands, houses cars 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 part of the money realise been given out to a
ministry for the work of God and other for orphanage homes. 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 and orphanage homes.

In short, after their death, I sold all the properties as instructed and I
was able to realized $12,000,000 (Twelve million US dollars). Instead of
giving the fund out for the work of God as instructed 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 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 it 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 content of the
consignments as Gold Bars. Now, the security company believes that what I
deposited with them was Gold Bars.

It was two months ago when i was in Uk (London) in search of partner to
transfer this funds for my personal use I had encounter with Christ when
PastorRoger Tooley of (Lansdowne Baptist Church, UK.) was preaching on
television concerning Ananias and Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. After hearing the
word of God, I got arrested by God and since then i gave my life to Christ
and became a born again Christian. As a born again Christian, I started
reading my bible daily, but one day, the Lord opened my eyes to Ezekiel 33:
18 and 19 where the word of God says: "When the righteous turneth from his
righteousness, and committeth 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 this 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 funds out for the work of God as instructed 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
funds to God's chosen ministry for the purpose of His work as instructed by
the owner before his death. I prayed and asked God to prove his chosen
ministry for his giid work to be done and to promote the Gospel to the whole
world.

I have now notified the Security Company where I deposited the consignments
that contained the funds in Nigeria, that I am moving the consignment abroad
and the security company has since been waiting for my authority and
beneficiary for the consignment to be transfered to him/her. So if you know
that you will use this funds honestly for things that will glorify God's
name, then do pray aboundantly over it asking God to reveal to you if you
are truely the selected one to use this funds to his glory, and contact me
back through my email or call me on phone and the details will be given to
you on how the funds will be wired to your in your country through the
security company.

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

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.

Yours in Christ,

Barrister Stillve Ola
+447031906382


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