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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: charles kenedy60 <charleskenedy60@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:44:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM Barrister charles kenedy


Barrister charles kenedy .

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 charles kenedy, the legal adviser to late Mr.
and Mrs. Bright Williams, a British couple that lived
in my Country Abidjan for 25 years before they both
died in the plane crash late last year. These couples
were good Christians, they 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. 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, after their
death, I sold all the properties I was able to
realized $14,000,000.00 (forteen 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
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 content of the consignments as Gold
Bars. Now, the security company believes that what I
deposited with them was Gold Bars. 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 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 ecunet 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 am
moving the consignment abroad and the security company
has since been waiting for my authority for the
consignment to leave my country and move to abroad. So
if you know that you will use this fund honestly for
things that will glorify God\'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 security company. You should also forward
to me your,contact address, telephone and fax number
for easy communication Your prompt response will be
highly appreciated.

Yours in Christ.
Barrister.charles kenedy














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