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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!

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From: craig edward <craig_edward_biz@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:40:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MY RESPONSE TO YOUR MAIL


Dear Robert,
Be assured that the under listed mail is clearly understood, but on the contrary you have made some point which is not too clear to me,
First I do not have sufficient money to run all the transaction and will not do any of the fees paying pending money to be sent to me.
I am currently working for you so as you said all necessary transaction will be take care by you and not me,I will try my possible best to see that the whole deal is safely cleared from the security company but if no necessary funding please be assure that the deal will not be completed ,I work based on instruction I will not hesitate to use all the petty money I have to run a transaction that I do not know any outcome of,
So Pastor Robert I must give you a rough estimate needed in this transaction before I will embark on it,
First of all I will need to travel to the security company in ITALY to confirm if the metal box in still intact ,at least that will make me be assured that my chamber will not be adding any illegal practice,
Secondly I will prepare a (power of attorney) and a beneficiary certificate as the assigned beneficiary of Mr Marcel bodgand with this the whole company and the public will be assured that this procedure is in tact and legitimate, the set deposited metal box was actually deposited in my present dated 22nd 2 2000 by Marcel bodgand and as such I have the full confident that the so money ($8,000,000) was in it when the actual consignment was deposited the insurance policy of the consignment worth’s $100,000 so as such I fill the that will be not curse for any damages .
Finally to fully embark on this transaction on behalf of my chamber I hereby ask for a part payment of 2000 pounds to proceed on the journey and getting the set consignment to your designated address ,my Tell will be opened to received call from you if there is any set question to make.. In your acceptance to make this payment I will then provide you with the company’s account so that you can make transfer ,but be assured by your non acceptance that will simply put all my efforts in vane and as such seize to establish any contact with you or any party concerning this matter, Thanks and may God be with us in this.
Sincerely
Barr. Craig Edward


Pastor Robert Ised <pastorised@hailmail.net> wrote: The Vicarage,
The Holy Church of The
Blessed Virgin Mary,
P.O. Box 2002,
Andalusia,
Alabama 36420
USA


Telephone +1 (253) 397-1273


Date : 30th July 2006


Attention : Barr. Craig Edward
45 Padinto way,
P.O. Box 45879
London

Dear Sir,

Please quote this reference clearly in all correspondence with us : bodgm/218

We have been authorised by Marcel Bodgand to discuss matters pertaining to a metal box in secure storage the details of which are known to you. Be immediately advised that advance payment of fees is certainly out of the question. We pay for a finished job only and at a rate that has been pre-negotiated for the job. I hope that is very clear to you.

We are catholics and operate totally within the confines of the law we do not lie, cheat or steal. We answer to God if we do!. You are a business bound by the laws of your own country and the ethics of your profession. We are also bound by the laws of the State of Alabama and The United States of America.

Now if you still wish to proceed working through us for Marcel Bodgand then you may do so. You must understand however that you are now working for us and not Marcel, he is too ill to be bothered with these details.

We require that you set out what your firm requires from us and what it is going to do step by step from here on in to the final completion of the task and the transfer of Marcel's metal box to us. You will give estimated costs for each step of the process. You will deal with ALL other parties in the finalisation of this task up to and including delivery of the metal box and/or the contents therof to our church in Alabama USA.

If you need to engage contractors of any kind then you must included their costs in your estimates, you will be responsible for paying them and recovering their costs through us . We will not entertain them in any way shape or form, you are running the whole of this project on our behalf.

You will then submit to us these estimates and if we approve them and are happy with the cost estimates we will agree to retain your services.

Should you require any interim payments for work completed then you must include this in your cost submission else the whole job will be paid for on final delivery. At the most we will pay up to 60% of the job's total cost before delivery with the balance payable thereon. Total cost will not exceed 5% of the total fund value. All payments will be made by Moneyxfer only, it is the only reliable method we use for international money transfers. Payment by cash or Western Union or Moneygram will not be entertained!

Sir we have our own legal experts who will thoroughly scrutinize your estimates and job details before we agree to anything. Do not proceed until you have our agreement to your cost estimates and job plans.

If you are happy with these conditions then please signify your agreement by return. Once you have done that then we expect your completed estimates for the job within 3 working days. Similarly if you are unhappy then please advise us accordingly and we will engage another company to do this task for us.

All business should be conducted by email. I am a very busy person with a large congregation to minister. I cannot be at your beck and call on the telephone at all hours of the day and night. But if you must call me my number is +1 (253) 397-1273

yours

Pastor Robert Ised


--
Lord, I pray not for me but hear my prayers for this sinner. Amen


Barr. Craig Edward
45 padinto way,
Po Box 45879
London
Tell +44702 4074288
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