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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: "Frank Chika" <fchika3@mail.mn>
Reply-To: f44chika44@yahoo.pl
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:58:33 -0700
Subject: My Dear Praise The Lord


My Dear Praise The Lord

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 my life.

I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, having seen your contact
from the Internet. I am Frank Chika, the Property Manager to late Mrs. A.
Michael. A Foreign Woman that lived in my Country Nigeria for 21 years
before she died in the Bellview plane crash October 2005. This Lady was a
good Christian, She so dedicated to God but she lost her husband so early
and she had no child till she died. Throughout her stay in my country, she
acquired a lot of properties like lands, house properties, etc. As her
Property Manager before her death, Because she had no child, she dedicated
her wealth to God. According to the WILL, the properties have to be sold and
the money be given out to a Foreign ministry for the work of God.

You will read more stories about the plane crash by visiting this web: when
you declare your interest.

She gave me the authority to sell the properties and give out the fund to
the Ministries for the work of God.In short, I sold all the properties after
her death, as she instructed And as matter of fact, after I sold all her
properties, I realized more than $13,000,000.00 (Thirtheen million US
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 base on the initial agreement between me and the
owner of the properties before her death. Therefore the total amount left
to be invested into God's work as instructed by the owner, is
$13,000,000.00 (Thirtheen 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
her 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 I got the
money. I then packaged the fund in consignments and deposited the
consignments with a security company. 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 Rev. Billy Graham was preaching on
television concerning A nannies and Sapphire 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 her 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 work as instructed by
the owner before her death. After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to
make his choice and direct me to a honest Christian 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. 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 back first through this my email address: frankchika121@yahoo.pl , 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 .

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ.
Frank Chika

Contact me back first through this my email address: frankchika121@yahoo.pl
, for more details. more details.

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