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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: "Adason Morgan" <adason@adason-morgan-chambers.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:12:19 +0000
Subject: PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USED IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD.

My Good Friend,
From: Mr Adason Morgan PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USED IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD.


Dear Beloved in Christ,
Calvary greeting to you.It is by the grace of God that I receive
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 Adason Morgan,
the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown, 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. Dave Brown
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. Dave Brown before his death. And as
matter of fact, after I sold all their properties, I realized $10,000,000.00
, 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 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 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 Telephone number+234 8033972046 or my private
email(adasonmorgan@walla.com),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 Adason Morgan
22b,Oregun
South-east
Lagos-nigeria
email(adasonmorgan@walla.com)
TelePhone+234 8033972046


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