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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: deaconmarkalika@eriga.lv
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:42:22 +0000
Subject: Glory to the lamb of 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
Attorney, 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 in Europe. 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, for the safety
and security of the funds.

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.

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,by forwarding to me
your full names,physical address and direct telephone numbers for easy
communication and better understanding 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.

May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore.AMEN.

Your response will be highly appreciated.

Yours in Christ,
Deacon Mark Alika.



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