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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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From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Gary_Hackey?=" <dd.ss21@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:04:01 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BELOVED?=



BELOVED
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? 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 Barrister BARRISTER GARY HACKEY the legal adviser to late mr and
Mrs.crounch British couple[MISSIONARY] that lived in my Country Africa for 25
years before they both died in a plane crash late last year. These couples
were good Christians, they where 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 Mr. crounch 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 uthority to
sell the properties and give out the fund to the Ministries for the
work of God.

In short, I sold all the properties fter their death, as instructed by
Mr.crounch before his death. And as a matter of fact, after I sold all
their properties, I realized more than $8.5,000,000.00 (EIGHT million
five hundred thousand US dollars plus), 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
his death. Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God's
work as instructed by the owner, is US$8.5 MILLION only.

But Instead of giving the main fund out for the work of God as
instructed to me by the owner before his death. I converted the fund to myself
with the intention of investing the fund abroad for my personal use. I
had encounter with Christ when Pastor Benny Hinn was preaching on
elevision 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 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/individual for the purpose of God's work as instructed by the owner before
his death.

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, 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 bank where I deposited the fund
that I am moving the fund abroad and the finance company has since been
waiting for my authority for the fund to leave my country to abroad. if
you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for things that
will glorify God's name, You should also forward to me your telephone
and fax number for easy communication. Your prompt response will be
highly appreciated. Note reply to my private
e-mail address :
info_desk112@upmail.us
Yours in Christ.
BARRISTER GARY HACKEY

08068347771


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