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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: "info@Jesus.org" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fempastor2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 23:16:53 -0700
Subject: BIBLES

Dearly Beloved ,
Greetings in the precious Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave His
life for us at the cross that we who believe in Him might have eternal
life. I am the pastor of Christian Bible Church. Am married with
children.I'm age 50 and my wife 45. My occupation is farming.Ten years
after giving my life to Jesus
Christ I had a divine call from God to the ministry here in my
village.Initially l resisted but when God started moving and dealing
in our heart, l obeyed and went
into this ministry..

Our church is located in a rural village community of about 8,000
inhabitants which is a typical traditional community.In recent years
the village has been greatly stroked by ethnic clashes which has
resulted in many death and made many children homeless and orphans.Our
church is presently the only one which have moved in here despite many
oppositions and treat to our lives .

Many new convert have now joined us,as it has really been difficult
for us since many wanted to stop the Gospel of Jesus Christ from
coming in. But they failed. The Bible says in Isaiah 59:19, "When the
enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up
a standard against him." And I John 4:4 says, "Greater is He that is
in you, than he that is in the world." When we recognize the reality
of God's word in
these chapters the devil is no match for us.

Today the Lord is with us, as many keep joining our Church.We have
also added a small orphanage where we care for orphans.our goals is to
bring them up for their service to the Lord. "But ye, beloved,
building up yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
The people here are unskilled laborers, engage in manual farming, fishing!

We are writing to request for your assistance for materials.Presently,
we are greatly in need of:

2O Large Print Center Colume Reference Bibles and chriatian books.
- if only you cannot afford the Large Print Bibles. Our members cannot
afford to buy Bibles and many have not open it since their birth.We
would need one or more reference Bibles.These materials will be
helpful for our study and research.My wife is presently in need of a
Giant Print Bible because of her reading difficulties of small
letters.

Please see what you could do to help us, as we are greatly committed
in witnessing, teaching and proclaiming the Good News of our Lord God
Almighty, we have many numbers of false religions here. We want to
reach these people with the truth from God. Jesus' return is near and
thousands of people are searching for a new kind of life. Without
materials we will not be able to evangelize effectively.
We appreciate whatever number of Bibles you could give to help us of
the requested Bibles. Thank you for your consideration!!

In Christ,
PASTOR FEM EGHAREVBA
Christian Bible Church
NOTE:
PLEASE KINDLY SEND THESE BIBLES TO US VIA --"AIRMAIL PARCEL POST"-- SO
THAT THEY COULD REACHES US QUICKLY AND SAFELY IN THE CHURCH TO FEED
HUNGRY SOULS FOR CHRIST WHO ARE GREATLY IN NEED OF THEM!!
i we send you a report and pictures of how the literature and bibles
is being used
Jude 20:21. Sincerely,

Malling Adress
PASTOR Jackson
16, ARUOSGHE STREET.
OFF,T.V.ROAD,
BENIN CITY, EDO STATE,
NIGERIA.234

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