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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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Fraud email example:

From: bmartinezobe@keromail.com
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:47:16 -0800
Subject: TRANSACTION(WITH TRUST)


Dearest 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 todo what is lawful and right in the
sight of Godfor 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
Martinez Obe, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. MORGAN
JOHNSON, a British couple thatlived in my Country Nigeria
for 25 years before theyboth 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. MORGAN JOHNSON
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 aministry 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 andgive out
the fund to the Ministries for the work ofGod.In short, I
sold all the properties after their death,as instructed by
Mr. MORGAN JOHNSON 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 propertiesbefore
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 thefund 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 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 matterof
fact, it is not only you or your ministry that Ipicked 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.
You should also forward to me your telephone and fax number
for easy communication and to fax you the documents
concerning the consignments.Your prompt response will be
highly appreciated.Your prompt response will be highly
appreciated. you can contact me on my secured e-mail address
bmartobe4christ1@yahoo.com
Yours in Christ.
Barr. Martinez Obe.







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