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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: mikeezenna@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 14:40:43 +0100
Subject: PERSONAL

DEAR,

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 BARR MIKE EZENNA,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 $10,500,000.00 (ten million
five hundred 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 that 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 address below.
m_ezenna@yahoo.co.uk
God bless you.
Yours in Christ.
BARR.MIKE EZENNA.


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