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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: christian_07@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 01:58:37 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GOD=27S=20=20WORK=2E?=

Dear Belove 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 christian obia, 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 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. 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.
In short, after their death, I sold all the properties as instructed and
I was able to realized $6,000,000.00 (SIX million US dollars). Instead of
giving the fund out for the work of God as instructed 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 inthe
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; 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 where the word of God says: When the righteous turn away from his
righteousness, and commit iniquity, he shall even die thereby. But if the
wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right,he
shall live 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 work 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 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 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 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 move to abroad. So if you know
that you will use this fund honestly for things that will glorify God's
name, then do urgently contact me back and the details will be given to
you on how you will be able to receive the fund in your country through
the security company. You should also forward to me your telephone and fax
number for easy communication and to fax you the documents concerning the
consignments. Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in christ.
Barrister christian obia.



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