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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: mickaeluba1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:40:58 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?My=20Dear=20Beloved=20=2C?=

My Dear Beloved ,

Greetings to you in his name and how are you today I hope fine?

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 God's mercy and glory upon my life. I
have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, having seen your contact
during my research for a God fearing person.

I am Barr. Michael Uba, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williams,
a British couple that lived in my Country Nigeria for 25 years before they
both died in a plane crash late last year. These couple was good Christians,
they were 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, est.'s their legal adviser, before their death, the husband
Mr. Bright Williams 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.

To cut the story short, I sold all the properties after their death, as
instructed by my client, Mr. Bright Williams before his death. And as matter
of fact, after I sold all their properties, expectedly, I realized a huge
amount of money that runs into millions of dollars, 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 based
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 US$4.8m only.

But Instead of giving the main fund out for the work of God as instructed
to me by my client before his death, I converted the fund to myself with
the intention of investing the fund abroad for my personal use. The Fund
is presently in the Oceanic Bank Intl. Plc. 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. From the scripture, I Discovered that the only way I could have
peace in my life is to do that which is lawful and right by giving out the
fund as
Instructed for the work of God by my client.

I have asked God for forgiveness on my initial thought concerning the money,
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 my client before his death.
After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make his choice and direct
me to an 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 that was how I contacted you, and as a matter of fact,
it is not only you that I picked on the Christian site initially, but after
my fervent prayer over it, then you were nominated through divine revelation
from God so that was 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.

Then you send to me in your reply, YOUR FULL NAMES, YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS,
YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS. Please feel free to email or call me, as
I have no wrong intention towards you but one thing I know is that God wants
to use us to reach out to many people even the Church you attend for his
glory to be seen in our lives.

This information's are required by the Bank to facilitate the process of
the funds receiver's documentation your prompt response will be highly appreciated
and my private Telephone number below Trust In The Lord and in the power
of his might knowing that no evil that is form nor fashioned against you
shall prosper.

God bless you.
Yours in Christ
BARR. Michael UBA
TEL: 234-802-251-9652
Email: michael7uba@yahoo.it



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