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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Rev Paul Orgor" <revpaulog1008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulog_50@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 18:17:33 -0600
Subject: (Gods Work, Pls Reply Urgent)

Dear 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 lawfuland 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 through the
Internet. I am Barrister Rev Paul Orgor, the legal adviser to late Mr.and
Mrs.Thompson Wlliam,American national couple that lived in my Country
UNITED KINGDOM for 26 years before they both died in a plane crash.These
couples were good Christians,they so dedicated to God but they had no child
till they died. Through out their stay in my country, they acquired a lot of
properties like lands,houseproperties,As their legal adviser, before their
death,the husband Mr.Thompson Wlliam instructed me to write his WILL.
Because they had no child,they dedicated their wealth to God. According to
the WILL,theproperties have to be sold and the money be given out to a
ministryforthe work of God.As their legal adviser,all the documents for the
properties were in my care.
He gave me theauthority to sell theproperties 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.Mr.Thompson Wlliams before his death. And as matter offact,after I sold
all their properties, I realized more than $22,000,000.00(twenty Two
million US dollars plus),and what supposed to be thepercentage interest of
myright legal fee was firstly deducted by meoutof thetotal amountrealized
>from the sold properties,this was baseon the initial agreementbetween me and
the owner of the propertiesbeforehis death. Thereforethe total amount left
to be invested intoGod's work as instructed bythe owner,is
$22,000,000.00(twenty Two millionUSdollars)only. But Instead of giving the
main fund out for the work of God as instructed to me by theowner before his
death. I converted the fund to myself with theintention of investing the
fund abroad for my personal use. I was afraidof 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,there fore I registered the content of
the consignments as GoldBars.Now,the security company believes that what I
deposited with them was GoldBars.I had encounter with Christwhen Pastor
Benny Hinnwas preachingon television concerning Ananias and
SaphirainActs5:1-11.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 Ezekiel33:18and 19
where the word of God says: "When the righteous truth from his
righteousness, and committee iniquity,he shall even die there by.Butifthe
wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he
shall live there by".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 ofGod by the owner before his death. I
have asked God for forgiveness and I knowthat God have forgiven me. But I
have to do whatis lawful and rightinthe sight of God by giving out the fund
to the chosen ministry for the purpose of God's wok as instructed by the
owner before his death. After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make
hischoice 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
Internetas through a Christian site, and as a matter offact,itis 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 Ireceived 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 thefund, 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 and wisely for things that will glorifyGod's name,then do contact
me back for more details.
You should also forward to me your physical contact address were you will
like the consignments delivered to you,your direct telephone and fax number
for easy communication and to fax or email you the documents concerning the
consignments.
Kind Regards
Barrister paul ogor

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