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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: revpaul1991@mail.kz
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:18:11 -0800
Subject: Read This Email Carefully And Respond

Dear Beloved In The Lord,

May God be with you and richly bless you as you read this
without prejudice. It is a pity that some bad eggs has
misused the internet and they will burn in the lake of fire
Amen. I am Rev Paul and my ministry is called Christ
apostolic church in Tripoli Libya but since the Gaddafi
Terrorism War started beloved I and my wife quickly
relocated to her Country Nigeria were we have our new
ministry now. Beloved In Libya before we came to Nigeria I
was privileged to be a close friend and confidant to a late
brother in Christ Archbishop Peter who worked tirelessly
both in his private life and in the service of God in his
lifetime before his divine call in Libya War. May his soul
rest in perfect peace. Amen! in all my association with this
late brother and friend, this revelation and the object of
this mail was never made known to me because the late
Archbishop Peter lived a very disciplined life in Libya
where he based. He was wealthy before he went into ministry
and adequately provided for his family and also cared for
people who were opportune to come in close contact with him.

However, shortly before his call to eternal Glory, he
summoned me to his sick bed after he was struck with the
Government forces strike and instructed me to carry out his
last wishes as a trusted friend and confidant. I promised
without knowing what he was about to say and also, at the
time, I believed he was not going to die. Well, he told me
he Deposited the sum of $1.4 Million United States Dollars
in Guarantee Trust Bank Libya which he intended to be used
for charity, ministry, evangelical work or otherwise when he
was gone, but did not want his immediate family to know
about for fear of subversion of his promise and pledge to
God. Therefore you must keep this donation very confidential
He then prayed for me and blessed me trusting that I would
not subvert his pledge to God. Before he died, he gave me
information concerning the fund and what I was to do. With
all due respect to him, I waited for the completion of the
burial rites and mourning and other sundry matters
concerning him before proceeding to reach you. I have prayed
concerning this issue for God's guidance before God told me
to search for missionaries and good christian who can
utilize this fund to the Glory of God and during my search I
found you and decided to contact you and if in your heart
you genuinely desire to use this fund for the propagation of
God's work in any form whether for charity, ministry,
evangelical work or otherwise in relation to God's work, do
get in touch with me and let us pray together over this
before we can make further arrangements. God bless you once
again and as you receive, give God all the Glory.

Finally, remember to forward to me your telephone and fax
numbers to communicate with you and to send to you all the
documents required for this to successively materialize.

You are blessed in Christ Jesus.
Yours in the Lord,
Rev Paul

KINDLY REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL FOR QUICKER RESPONSE
revpauloji132@hotmail.com

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