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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: emmaobocha22@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:31:29 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Beloved=20in=20Christ=2C?=

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 Barrister Emma Obocha, the legal adviser
to late Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brown, a British couple that lived in my Country
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.Ben Brown 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, I sold all the properties after their death, as instructed by
Mr.Ben Brown before his death. And as matter of fact, after I sold all their
properties, I realized more than US$30,000,000.00 (Thirty
million US 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 base 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 $30,000,000.00 (thirty million US dollars) only. But Instead
of giving the main fund out for the work of God as instructed to me 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 consignment with a security company 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 shalllive 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 wok 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 email address on the Internet as
I was browsing through a Christian site, and as a matter of fact, it is
not only you that I picked 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 Finance Security Company where I deposited the trunk
box that contained the fund, that I am moving the box abroad and the security
company has packaged the trunk box into consignment and its ready for shipment,
to whom i will register as its the beneficiary, now the company is waiting
for my authority, as regard the beneficiary of the box for it to be moved
abroad.

I am contacting you sa to let you understand that i want to make you the
beneficiary of this consignment, if you are interested, please forward to
me your full name so i can register it as the beneficiary, your full address
where you will like the consignment to be delivered to, your telephone and
fax number for easy communication and to fax you the documents concerning
the consignments.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.


God bless you, Amen!

yours in Christ

Barrister Emma Obocha.





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