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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: paul larry <bros_paul_larry@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:55:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU


GOD BLESS YOU


it is by the grace of God
that I receive 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 paul larry, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown, a
British couple that lived in my Country Angola for 25 years before they
both died in the plane crash early this 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. Dave Brown 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. Dave Brown
before his death. And as matter of fact, after I sold all their roperties, I
realized $8,000,000.00,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, cause 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, herefore 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 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.



REGARD
BARRISTER PAUL LARRY




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