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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: Jeffery Morgan <jeffery.morgan20@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: barrjmorgan1@w.cn
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:19:51 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: DONATION FOR GOD'S WORK.





Dear  Brethren,

When the Lord speaks, it would
surely come to reality, 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 Barrister Jeffery
Morgan, the legal Property Manager to late Mrs. A. Michael, A Foreign Woman that
lived in my Country Nigeria for 21 years before they died in the Belleview plane
crash. October 2005.You can confirm through this site:
http://www.nigerianmuse.com/important_documents/?u=Bellview_crash_manifest_NMUpdates.htm

This woman was a good Christian, she was so
dedicated to God but she lost her husband so early and she had no child till her
death.Throughout her stayed in my country, she acquired a lot of properties like
Lands, Houses etc. As her legal adviser, before her death, she instructed me to
write her WILL. Because she had no child, she dedicated her wealth to God.
According to the WILL, the properties have to be sold and the money will be
given out to a foreign ministry to propagate the work of God: like building
magnificent churches/ministries, Orphanages and less privileges ones. As her
legal adviser, all the documents for the Properties were in my care. She gave me
the authority to sell the properties and give out the fund to a Foreign
Ministries for the work of God.

In fact, I sold all the properties after
her death, as instructed by Mrs. A. Michael, before her death. And as matter of
fact, after I sold all their properties, I realized more than $15,000,000.00
(Fifteen million US dollars plus), and what supposed to be the percentage
interest of my right legal fee was first 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 her death.

Therefore the total amount left to
be invested into God's work as instructed by the owner, is $15,000,000.00
(Fifteen million US dollars) only. 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 a
consignment and deposited the consignment with a security company. I did not
want the management of the Security Company to know the content of the
consignment, therefore I registered the content of the consignment as "FAMILY
TREASURE (Precious items)".Now, and the security company believes that what I
deposited with them is FAMILY TREASURE.

I had encounter with Christ when
Rev. Billy Graham 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 where the word of God says: "When the righteous turneth from his
righteousness, and committeth 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 has 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 an 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 to me through divine revelation from God, so this is how I
received 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 consignment 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,you should forward to me your
full name, your contact address and telephone and fax number for easy
communication concerning the consignment.

Yours in Christ.
Barrister Jeffery Morgan.

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