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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: "deacon bagabriel00" <deaconbagabriel01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: deaconbagabriel@myway.com
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:26:45 -0700
Subject: From Deacon Gabriel Read And Reply

READ THIS CAREFULLY AND RESPOND TO ME

Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing the truth and the
trut hhave 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 manfor witness of God's mercy and glory upon my life.
I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, having seen your contact
fromthe Internet. I am Barrister Gabriel Ugo, the legal adviser to late Mr
and Mrs Gregory Woods, a British couple that lived in my Country Nigeriafor
25 years before they both died in the plane crash late last year. These
coupleswere good Christians, they so dedicated to God but they had no child
till theydied. Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a lot of
propertieslike lands, house properties, etc.As their legal adviser, before
their death, the husband Mr Gregory Woods instructed me to write his WILL.
Because they had no child,they dedicated their wealth toGod. According to
the WILL, the properties have to be sold and the money be givenout to
ministry for the work of God. As their legal adviser, all the documents for
the properties werein my care. He gave me the authority to sell the
properties and give out thefund to the Ministries for the work of God. In
short, I sold all the properties after their death, as instructed by Gregory
Woods before his death. And as matter of fact, after I sold all their
properties,I realized more than $4,000,000.00 ( Four million US dollars
plus), and whatsupposed to be the percentage interest of my right legal fee
was firstly deductedby me out of the total amount realize from the sold
properties, this was baseon the initial agreement between me and the owner
of the properties before hisdeath. Therefore the total amount left to be
invested into God's work as instructed by the owner, is $4,000,000.00 (Four
million US dollars) only. But Instead of givingthe main fund out for the
work of God as instructed to me by the owner beforehis death. I converted
the fund to myself with the intention of investing the fund abroad for my
personal use. I was afraid of puttingthe 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 depositedthe consignments with a security company. I did
not want the management of theSecurity company to know the content of
theconsignments, therefore I registeredthe content of the consignments
asGold Bars. Now, the security company believesthat what I deposited with
them was Gold Bars. I had encounter with Christ when Pastor Benny Hinn was
preaching on television concerningAnanias and Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. After
hearing the word of God, I gave mylife 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 lifeis 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 forgiveness and I know that God have forgiven me.
But I have todo 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 anhonest Christian or the chosen ministry
that deserves this fund by his Grace. I then came across your address on the
Internet as I wasbrowsing through a Christiansite, and as a matter of fact,
it is notonly you or your ministry that I pickedon the Christian site
initially,but after my fervent prayer over it, then youwere nominated to me
through divine revelation from God, so these are how I receivedsuch a divine
revelation from the Lord, how I got your contact information, andI 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
Ideposited the consignments that contained the fund, that I am moving the
consignmentabroad and the security company has since been waiting for my
authority for theconsignment 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 this
mail.

You should also forward to me your telephone and fax number for easy
communicationand to fax you the documents concerning the consignments. Your
prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ,

Now Deacon Gabriel After Baptism

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