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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Joseph Osakwe <donjerd.co@gmail.com>
Reply-To: squrd16@live.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 02:06:42 -0700
Subject: Greetings In The Name Of Jesus Christ.

Dearest in the Lord



This is my great testimony, as it is written that The fear of God is the
beginning of wisdom; 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 internal 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,
I am Rev. Joseph Osakwe, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Imhuasen
Joseph a Russian

couple that lived in my Country here in Accra Ghana for 25 years before
they died in the Belleview plane crash. They were good Christian, They so
Dedicated to God but

they had no child till they died. Throughout their stayed in my country,
they acquired a lot of properties like Lands, house properties, etc. As
their legal adviser,

before their death, they instructed me to write their 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 will be
given out to a ministry for the work of God, Orphanage Home and less
privileges ones. As

Their legal adviser, all the documents for the Properties were in my care.
They gave me the authority to sale the properties and give out the fund to
the Ministries

for the work of God. though I sold all the properties after their death, as
they instructed me and as a matter of fact, after I sold all their
properties, I realized

more than Fifteen million, five hundred thousand US Dollars ($15.5m), and
what supposed to be the percentage interest of my right legal fee was
firstly deducted by me

out of the total amount realized from the sold properties, this was base on
the initial agreement between i and My client before their death.


Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God's work as
instructed by My client Mr and Mrs Imhuasen Joseph is Fifteen million, five
hundred thousand US

Dollars ($15.5m) only. Instead of giving the main fund out for the work of
God as instructed to me by the owner before their 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 consignments in two boxes 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 Rev. Billy Graham was preaching on
television concerning Ananias and Sapphire in Acts 5:1-1 1. 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 truth from his
righteousness, and committed 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

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 the owner

before they died. After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make his
choice and direct me to a honest Christian after my fervent prayer over it,
then you were

nominated to me through divine revelation from God, so this is 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 move to abroad.


You should also forward to me your telephone and fax number for easy
communication and to fax you the documents concerning the consignments.
Prompt response will be highly appreciated.

I can be reached at +233(2630 41581)

Yours in Christ

Rev. Joseph Osakwe

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