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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: "Rev Paul Orgor." <paulog805@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulog_501@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:01:22 +0000
Subject: (God's Work, Pls Reply Urgent)

Dear 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 to do
what is lawfuland 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 through the
Internet. Iam Barrister Rev Paul Orgor, the legal adviser to late Mr.and
Mrs.Thompson Wlliams, a American national couple that lived in my Country
UNITED KINGDOM for 25 years before they both died in a plane crash.These
couples were good Christians,they so dedicated to God but they had no child
till they died. Through out their stay in my country, theyacquired a lot of
properties like lands,house properties,As their legal adviser, before their
death,the husband Mr.Thompson Wlliams 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 theauthority to sell theproperties and give out the fund to the
Ministriesfor the work of God.
In short, I sold all the properties after their death,as instructed by
Mr.Mr.Thompson Wlliams before his death. And as matter offact,after I sold
all their properties, I realized more than$12,000,000.00(tweleve million US
dollars plus),and what supposed to be thepercentage interest of myright
legal fee was firstly deducted by meoutof thetotal amountrealized from the
sold properties,this was baseon the initial agreement between me and the
owner of the propertiesbeforehis death. Thereforethe total amount left to be
invested into God's work as instructed bythe owner,is $12,000,000.00(tweleve
millionUSdollars)only. But Instead of giving the main fund out for the work
of God as instructed to me by theowner before his death. I converted the
fund to myself with theintention of investing the fund abroad for my
personal use. I was afraidof putting the fund in the Bank, because I have to
give account to thebank on howI got the money.I then packagedthe fund in
consignments andde posited the consignments with a security company. I did
not want the management of the Security Company to know the content of the
consignments,there fore I registered the content of the consignments as
GoldBars.Now,the security company believes that what I deposited with them
was GoldBars.I had encounter with Christwhen Pastor Benny Hinnwas
preachingon television concerning Ananias and SaphirainActs5:1-11.After
hearing the word of God,I gave my life to christ and became a born again
Christian.As a born again Christian, Istarted reading my bible and one day,
the Lord opened my eyes to Ezekiel33:18and 19 where the word of God says:
"When the righteous truth from his righteousness, and committee iniquity,he
shall even die there by.Butifthe wicked turn from his wickedness, and do
that which is lawful and right, he shall live there by".From the scripture,
I discovered that the only way I could have peace in my life is to dowhatis
lawful and right by giving out the fund as instructed for the work ofGod by
the owner before his death. I have asked God forforgiveness and I knowthat
God have forgiven me. But I have to do whatis lawful and rightinthe 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 Internetas through a Christian site, and as a
matter offact,itis 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
Ireceived 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 thefund, 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 glorifyGod's name,then do contact
me back for more details.
You should also forward to me your physical contact address were you will
like the consignments delivered to you,your direct telephone and fax number
for easy communication and to fax you the documents concerning the
consignments.
Kind Regards,
Barrister Rev paul Orgor.

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