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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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Fraud email example:

From: "barrister frank" <barrfrank_christ9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrfrank_christ@myway.com
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:23:37 +0100
Subject: GOD LEADS THE WAY

Dear Beloved in Christ,

Calvary greeting to you brethren.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 Gods 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 Barr FRANK, the legal adviser to late Mr. and
Mrs.Paul Adams 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, etc.
As their legal adviser,before their death, the husband Mr.Paul Adams
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. Paul Adams 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 GoldBars.

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 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(barrfrank_christ@myway.com) You
should also forward to me 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.BARR FRANK

122 Awolo Road Victoria Island,

Lagos-Nigeria

email(barrfrank_christ@myway.com)

Tel+234-8050209770

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