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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: "Emmanuel Azman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emmaazman@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:31:36 +0800
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 my life.

I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you,having seen your contact
from the Internet. I am Emmanuel Azman the legal adviser to late Mr.and
Mrs.Christian Goetz,a German couple that lived in my country Malaysia 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 Christian Goetz 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.Christian Goetz
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.But Instead of giving
the fund out for the work of God as instructed to me by my client before his
death. I converted the fund to myself because i never liked his religion and
belif as a christian because i am a Ayyavazhi.Even though i was his attorney
for so many years i never for one day liked his christian faith.He was aware
that i am a Ayyavazhi and often tells me that there is no living God than the
God of Abraham.However 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. I
was afraid of putting the fund in the Bank, because I have to give account to
the bank on how got the money. I then 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 consignments as Gold
Bars. Now, the security company believes that what I deposited with them was
Gold Bars. 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 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 back,ASAP.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.

God bless you.

Yours in Christ.
Emmanuel Azman

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