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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: "royjones901 Gazeta.pl" <royjones901@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:46:20 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved in Christ,


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Dear Beloved 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 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 mylife.

I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you,having seen your contact
from the Internet. I am Barrister ROY JONES,the legal adviser to late Rev
and Mrs Alan Ladd Ashford jnr,an American couple that lived in my Country
Briatn UK for 25 years before they both died in a plane crash late last
year. These couple were 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, etc.

As their legal adviser, before their death, the husband Rev Alan Ladd
Ashford jnr 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 werein 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,Rev Alan Ladd Ashford jnr 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 $12,500,000.00 (twelve
million,five hundred thousand US dollars) only. But Instead of giving the
main fund out for the workof 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. I was afraid of putting the fund in the Bank,
because I have to give account to the bank on how got the money. Ithen
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 onsignments as PERSONAL EFFECT. Now, the security company believes that
what I deposited with them was A PERSONAL EFFECT.

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, Istarted 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 what 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 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 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.

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 be moved abroad.

So if you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for things
that will glorify God's name,then do contact me ack,ASAP.Then you send to me
in your reply,YOUR FULL NAMES,YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS,YOUR TELEPHONE AND
FAXNUMBERS.These informations are required by the seurity company
tofacilitate the process of the funds receiver's documentation Your prompt
response will be highly appreciated.

God bless you.

Yours in Christ,

BARRISTER ROY JONES
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