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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: "KELLY OBE" <kellyobe@msn.com>
Reply-To: kellyobe@email.ro
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:40:14 +0000
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR BELOVED ONE.

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 from
the Internet. I am Barrister Kelly obe, the legal adviser to late Mr. and
Mrs. NORBERT WELLS, a British couple thatlived in my Country Nigeria for 25
years before theyboth 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. NORBERT WELLS 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
aministry 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 andgive out the fund to
the Ministries for the work ofGod.In short, I sold all the properties after
their death,as instructed by Mr. NORBERT WELLS before his death.And as
matter of fact, after I sold all their properties, I realized more than
$10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars plus), 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 propertiesbefore his
death.

Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God's work as instructed
by the owner, is $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars) 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
thefund 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 matterof fact,
it is not only you or your ministry that Ipicked 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.

You should also forward to me your telephone and fax number for easy
communication and to fax you the documents concerning the consignments.

kelly Obe Email Address:kellyobe@email.ro

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ.
Barrister Kelly obe.



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