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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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From: "SGT. HENSON CHURCHILL ." <sgt_henson8112@live.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:56:00 +0000
Subject: Dear beloved one in the Lord,





Dear
beloved one in the Lord,
It is by the grace of God that I received mercy,
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. My name is Dr. Mrs. Shelley White an American
citizen married to an Israeli business tycoon Living in London now late. My
husband and I were very rich but we did not know God until he was assassinated
in December 1991. we had no children but we were planning to adopt two children
before his unfortunate assassination in 1991 after the incident I lost total
control of my self and started smoking and drinking heavily until 2008 when I
became ill and went to the hospital and the doctors diagnosed that I have cancer
which means that I have very little time to live on earth.

When my
ailment became very serious in 2009, a friend of mine took me to a man of God
for prayers prayed and preached to me and I repented and became saved by our
lord Jesus Christ. Ever since then, I have given my life to God at least to
ensure that I make heaven when I die and as I speak to you now, I have less than
a month to live. But I am not afraid of death because I know that, I am going to
make heaven as my God has promised me.

Now my reasons for contacting you
is because, my late husband and I acquired a lot of housing properties in
America and Israel including the house I am living in London currently which I
directed our legal adviser to sell the properties which he did and I realized a
total GBP9.7M ( Nine Million Seven Hundred British Pounds). After selling all
the properties, I decided to box the money and deposited it in a security
company in London for self keeping although, nobody in the security company
knows that the boxes contain a lot of cash instead, I told them that the box
contain my family expensive jewelry like GOLD AND DIAMOND.

As a born
again Christian, I started reading my bible and one day, the Lord opened my eyes
to Ezekiel 33: 18 and 19. From the scripture, I discovered that the only way I
could have peace in my life is to do that is lawful and right by giving out the
fund as instructed by GOD for the work of God .

After my fasting and
prayers, I asked God to make his choice and direct me to an honest person or the
chosen ministry that deserves this fund by his Grace. I then came across your
address on the Internet as I was browsing through a religious site, and as a
matter of fact, it is not only you or your ministry that I picked on the
religious site initially, but after my passionate prayer over it, then you were
nominated through divine revelation from God so that was 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.

When, I repented, I realized that what God want
from us is to love and support our brothers and sister in need. But I have no
time to carry out this assignment because I am going to die very soon.
So I
want to know if you can receive this fund and use it for the good of humanity
and affect the lives of the needy around you as it is my last wish and what I
would have done if I have more time to leave on earth.

I have notified
the Security Company where I deposited the consignments box 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 be
moved abroad. So if you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for
things that will glorify God's name, then do contact me back, ASAP.

Your
prompt response will be highly appreciated.
God bless you.
Yours Sister in
the Lord
Dr. Mrs. Shelley White

PLEASE CONTACT ME ME VIA MY PRIVATE
EMAIL ADDRESS (dr_mrs_shelleywhite@hotmail.co.uk
)
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