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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: mrmikeade300@tiscali.it
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:01:37 +0100
Subject: Yours in Christ

KINDLY REACH ME I MY PRIVATE EMAIL

(mrmikeade204@myway.com)
FOR MORE DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTIONS.
BARR.MIKE ADE.Tel:234-8034369281

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 MIKE ADE,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 a plane crash late last year. These
couple were good Christians, they were 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.

To cut the story short, I sold all the properties after their death, as
instructed by my client,Mr. Bright Williams before his death. And as matter
of fact, after I sold all their properties,expectedly, I realized a huge
amount of money that runs into millions of dollars,and what supposed to
be the percentage interest of my right legal fee was firstly deducted by
me out of the total amount realized from the sold properties, this was
based on the initial agreement between me and the owner of the properties
before his death.
Therefore,the total amount left to be invested into God's work as instructed
by the owner is $20,000,000.00 (twenty million US dollars) only. But Instead
of giving the main fund out for the work of God as instructed to me by my
client 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 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. 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 my
client.

I have asked God for forgiveness on my initial thought concerning the money,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 my client 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 Internet 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 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.

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 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.Then you send
to me in your reply,YOUR FULL NAMES,YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS,YOUR TELEPHONE
AND FAX NUMBERS.These informations are required by the seurity company to
facilitate the process of the funds receiver's documentation Your prompt
response will be highly appreciated in my private email adress (mrmikeade204@myway.com)

God bless you.

Yours in Christ.
BARRISTER MIKE ADE
Tel:234-8034369281

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