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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: pastorwilliam <pastorwilliamhagler@velocall.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:40:38 -0500
Subject: DELETE IF NOT INTERESTED!!!



Warning:Please delete this mail if you receive this message by computer error.
All correspondence should be forwarded to
Email seedharvest_church@yahoo.co.uk
Phone number:+447040104779
Calvary Greetings.
I am a preacher with the Seed Harvest Ministry,and I
will like to get advice from you.I believe the advice
I need is secular to some extent,but do have the
patience to understand my intention.
A few year's ago I was in Liberia were I had
established a little congregation where I preached
regularly,but the civil war escaleted and the church
was converted to a hospital of sourghts. On one faith
full day three Nigerian Soldiers came to me and left
trunks of Money with me and swore to come back for it.
When the war in Liberia intensified I deposited this
box in a security vault i,I was escorted
by the ECOMOG soliers who felt the content of the
trunks were documents and never cared to check the
trunks,I was air lifted to England with other refugees
then,I stayed in England and when I was getting
fraustrated I returned to Africa only to find out that
two of the three Soldiers died in Battle while the
last was decleared MIA (Missing in Action).
After thorough investigation of the trunk boxes,i
discovered that the three trunk boxes had a total
amount of Seventeen Million United States Dollars
which was unknown to me from the very begining.
Considering the fact that there was no possiblility of
the soldiers coming back for their funds,arrangements
were immediately made to have the funds deposited in a
suspence account with a commercial bank in the
Netherlands.
I am interested in using a small fraction of this
money,much less than one percent for a re organisation
of the work,but I do not need the rest and do not want
to have any direct dealing with it.but I need someone
who will be able to use the fund better maybe for
charity or something universally profitable,I have
thought of doing it myself but,my ministry is the
apocalypse and I believe and preach the soon coming
of the Lord which make me not indulgent in reliance on
money or wealth in any form.I will be glad if you have
any interest in the direction of maybe managing or
transmitting the fund as you prefer in your capacity
and understanding.
please if you are interested,i would want you to
send me the following informations:
1.your legitimate name,
2.your contact address,
3.your phone number,
4.your fax number.
with all these informations,i will take it that you
are interested and the funds will be transferred to
you in provision of the above informations,and as
such you will be the only one who can lay claims to
the fund and then,i will give you all the relevant
information with which you can lay ckaims to the
funds.before you can be given full access to the account and
you will promise me that
you will use the fund for good deeds.
I will be glad to get a response from you to show your interest.
I am presently In the U.k{LONDON} where I am conducting a delverance
service for cancer patient.
To futher throw more lights on the procedures and requirements involve
In receiving this funds you
can call me on this number:+447040104779
Regards,
pastor William Hagler.
phone number:+447040104779
email:pastorwilliamhagler@graffiti.net
Email:pastorwilliamhagler@hotmail.com




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