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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: "Ben Ubulu" <benubulu@osumeonline.org>
Reply-To: benubulu000@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:50:04 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved in Christ

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 Ben Ubulu ,the
legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Roland Robert, 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. Roland Robert
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. Roland Robert before his death. And as matter of fact,
after I sold all their properties, I realized more than $10,000,000.00 (Ten
million US dollars plus), 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 hisdeath.
Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God's work as instructed
by the owner, is $10,000,000.00 (Ten 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 con 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 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 sightof
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 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 and wisely for things that will glorify
God's name,
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 BEN UBULU.


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