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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: philip awele <philip.awele12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <awele.nwabuego@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:09:53 +0100
Subject: Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus,



Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus,
Dear Brother,Calvary Greetings to you and your entirestaff/congregation. I was suffing the internet when Icame across your website/Email and I decided tocommunicate with you as the Holy Spirit moved me.
I am Evang. Philip Awele of Anointing Grace MinistryNigerian Inc. Worldwide, basically a prayer anddeliverance ministry. I am equally a retired Directorin the Federal Ministry of Finance. Since I recieved mycalling and joined my Ministry, I have been asking Godto purify what remains of my wealth for Evangelical worksand for Orphanage.On the last day of a special fasting and prayingsession in my Ministry, there was a divine revelationfrom God that I should invest in your Ministry. Myinvestment will come from proceeds of a certain 'deal'I did while I was a director in the Federal Ministryof Finance as an unbeleiver.
At that time, there was a contract awarded to a foreigncontractor by my Ministry which I used the advantage ofmy position then to over-invoice/inflate to the tune ofUS$4.5M. The original contractors had since been fullypaid their total contract value leaving this excessover-invoiced sum unclaimed.
It is my intention to realise this over-invoiced sum ofUS$4.5M using you or your ministry as a foreign partnerbecause of the confindence I repose in you as co-faithfulsand believer. You only need to provide an account wherethe money will be transferred into and every otherprocedures will take place here. It is my desire accordingto the direction of the holy spirit to channel this moneyto the work of God only.The bibble says that we're new creatures, old things arepassed away and behold new things....As a born againchristian a beleiver in Jesus Christ, I have totallysubmitted my life to the wishes of our lord redeemer andsaviour and as such I dedicate all my endowment to theservice of humanity for the love of God who sent his onlybegotten son, Jesus to shed his precious blood for our sins.As you know, our good God is and cannot be an an author ofconfussion and he is ever faithful and merciful not to leadus into unrighteousness and there's no doubt that his gooddesires and designs for our life must be accomplished sincethe gate of hell cannot prevail against the work of GOd.You can contact me immediately on my e-mail for furtherdiscussionYours brother in ChristEvang. Philip Awele Ego,
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