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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: "info info" <info_info200@msn.com>
Reply-To: donobi@compaqnet.fr
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:54:17 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved in Christ

Dear Beloved in Christ,
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 Don Ob1, 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 roperties, 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, herefore 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. ( donobi@compaqnet.fr )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 Don Obi
22b,Oregun
South-east
Lagos-nigeria
donobi@compaqnet.fr


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