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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: "Mr. Mike Adams" <info_cbn_nig1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmikeadams@mail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:08:40 -0800
Subject: TESTIMONY

Dear Beloved in Christ,

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 withness 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 MIKE ADAMS the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs.
James D. Freeman, a British couple that lived in my Country Nigeria for 25
years before they both died in a plane crash late last year. These couples
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. James D. Freeman 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.James D. Freeman 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 $2million (two million United Stated 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 an 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 what 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 information are
required by the security company to facilitate the process of the funds
receiver's documentation, your respond will be highly appriciated on my
private email address (mrmikeadams@mail.com)

God bless you.
Yours in Christ
BARRISTER MIKE ADAMS
Tel:+2348030467856
Email:mrmikeadams@mail.com


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