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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: "John Bongo" <barrjohnbongo3@msn.com>
Reply-To: barr_john_bongo@fastermail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:23:13 +0000
Subject: Dear beloved in Christ ,

BARRISTER JOHN BONGO
TEL:234-8060010286
EMAIL: barr_john_bongo@fastermail.com

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 witness of God’s mercy and glory upon my life. I have the
pleasure to share my testimony with you, having seen your contact during my
research for a God fearing person.

I am BARRISTER JOHN BONGO, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Bright
williams, a British couple that lived in my Country Nigeria for 25 years
before they both died in a plane crash late last year. These couple was
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, est.’s their legal adviser, before
their death, the husband Mr. Bright Williams 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. Bright Williams 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 $12,000,000.00
(twelve million US 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 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. From the scripture, Discovered
that the only way I could have peace in my life is to do that 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.

This information’s are required by the security company to facilitate the
process of the funds receiver's documentation your prompt response will be
highly appreciated in my private Telephone number below.

God bless you.
Yours in Christ. www.fiods.org
BARRISTER JOHN BONGO



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