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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: "carl uche" <barr_carluche@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:27:27 +0100
Subject: WILL OF GOD

Dear Beloved of in Christ,

It is by the grace 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
dowhat is lawful and right in the sight of God
foreternal 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 Carl Uche, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Micheal
Hanz, 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. Micheal Hanz
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.
Micheal Hanz before his death. And as matter of fact, after I sold all their
properties, I realized more than $20,000,000.00
(twenty 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 propertiesbefore his death.
Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God's work as instructed
by the owner, is $20,000,000.00 (twenty million US dollars) only. But
Instead of giving the main fund out for the work of God as instructed to me
by the ownerbefore his death. I converted the fund to myself with
the intention of investing the fund abroad for mypersonal 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 asecurity company. I did not want the management of
theSecurity Company to know the content of the consignments, therefore I
registered the content ofthe 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 Igot 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 this mydirect phone number
+2348053213962 You should also forward to me your telephone and faxnumber
for easy communication and to fax you the
documents concerning the consignments.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.

Yours in Christ

Barrister Carl Uche.

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