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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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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Martin=20Babalola?= <martinbabalola_2@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: martin_babalola@excite.com
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 11:07:37 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: KINGDOM WORK


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: martinbabalola_2@yahoo.es

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 Martin Babalola, 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 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,Bank Shares etc.

As 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,medical bodies,

help foundation,even individuals e.tc for the works that pleases God

only. In short, I sold all the properties after their death,

as instructed by Mr. Bright Williams 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 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 (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 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 work 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 here in Nigeria

where I deposited the consignments that contained the fund, that I will

provide the beneficiary of the funds.

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 this email

address. You should also forward to me your complete contact

informations,(i.e)contact address, telephone and fax

numbers for easy communication and to fax you the

documents concerning the consignments.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.


Yours in Christ,

Martin Babalola.

martin_babalola@excite.com

- Martin Babalola


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