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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_info301@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:04:23 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved in Christ

Dear Beloved in Christ,

Calvary greeting to you.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
from the Internet. I am Barrister williams onoh, the legal adviser to late
Mr. and Mrs. David bruce 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. David bruce 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.
David Williams before his death. And as matter of fact, after I sold all
their properties, I realized more than $10,000,000.00 , 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 base 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 $10,000,000.00 only. But Instead of giving the
main 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 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 private email(williams304onoh@compaqnet.fr) You
should also forward tome 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 williams onoh
22b,Oregun
South-east
Lagos-nigeria
email(williams304onoh@compaqnet.fr)
Tel+234 8033972046



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