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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: "Mark Alika" <m_alika11@msn.com>
Reply-To: m_alika11@eriga.lv
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:40:47 +0000
Subject: Awesome God!!

Dear Fellow Believer,

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, I am
Deacon Mark Alika,(Barrister) the Attorney to late Mr. and
Mrs. Antwerp Snow, a Belgium couple that lived in my
Country for 15 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, may their souls rest in peace, Amen.
Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a lot
of properties like lands, house properties, etc.

As their Attorney, before their death, the husband
Mr. Antwerp Snow, 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 Attorneyr, 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. Antwerp Snow, before his death. And as
matter of fact, after I sold all their properties, I
realized $5,200,000.00 (Five million Two hundred Thousand
US dollars ).Therefore the total amount will be invested
into God's work as instructed by the original owner. But
Instead of giving the 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 Two trunk boxes and deposited the
Two trunk boxes with a security company here in my country. I
did not want the management of the Security Company to
know the content of the Two trunk boxes, therefore I
registered the content of the Two trunk boxes 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 or individual, for the purpose of God's woke 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
Two trunk boxes that contained the fund, that I am moving the
Two trunk boxes to the rightful beneficiary and the security company
has since been waiting for my authority for the Two trunk boxes to be
delivered to the rightful beneficiary.

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 through with your full names,physical address and
direct telephone numbers for easy communication between us.

Please always remenber the departed souls of Mr and Mrs Antwerp Snow in
your prayers,may their souls rest in perfect peace,Amen.

Your response will be highly appreciated.

Yours in Christ,
Deacon Mark Alika.



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