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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_organiz111@terra.com.mx
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:29:24 +0100
Subject: Calvary greeting to you.

Dear Beloved in Christ,

Calvary greeting to you.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 Gods 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 Oba
Marshall, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. David
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. David
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, I sold all the properties after their death, as
instructed by Mr. David Williams before his death. And as
matter of fact, after I sold all their properties, I
realized more than $10,000,000.00 , 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 $10,000,000.00
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 consignments
with a security company.

I did not want the ma nagement 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 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 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 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, then do contact me back first through
my
private email(christian_organiz333@yahoo.ca]You should
also forward to me your full name and address, 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 Oba Marshall
22B,Oregun
South-east
Lagos-nigeria
email(christian_organiz333@yahoo.ca)

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