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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: "Johnson Elite" <johnson.elite@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: john_elit01@yahoo.com.my
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 16:00:18 +0100
Subject: Hello,,,?




My Dear,

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, I am Johnson Elite, the legal
adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williams, a British couple that lived
in my Country for 25 years before they both died in a plane crash late
last year.

These couples 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, as their legal
adviser, before their death, the husband Mr. Bright Williams instructed me
to write his WILL. Because they had no child, they dedicated their wealth
to Fund 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. In short, I sold all the properties after
their death, as instructed by Mr. Bright Williams before his death. A
matter of fact, after I sold all their properties, I realized more than
$5.000,000.00 (Five million US dollars and agreement between me and the
owner of the properties before
his death.

Therefore the total amount realized to be invested into God's work as
instructed by the owner, is $3 MILLION USD only. But Instead of giving the
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 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 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, if you know that you
will use this fund honestly and wisely for things that will glorify God's
name. You forward to me your (1) full name (2) home address (3) occupation
(4) date of birth(5) telephone/fax numbers for easy communication and to
prepare the vital documents in your name as the sole beneficiary of the
funds.

Yours in Christ.
Johnson Elite


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