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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: Philip Umeadi <bar.philipumeadi.esq.solicit@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 03:40:21 -0700
Subject: DONATION.

Dear in Christ,

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?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 the legal adviser to late Mr. Seyrei K and Mrs. Seyrei H, who died in
the EAS Airlines plane Crash in Kano,Nigeria on May 4th 2002. A couple that
lived in my Country Nigeria for 25 years before they both died in the plane
crash in the year 2002. These couples were good Christians, they so
dedicated to God but they will all their property to Kingdom before they
died.

You can visit the site for more story http://www.dawodu.com/kanocrash02.htm

Throughout their stay 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 Believe in God's Work,
they dedicated their wealth to God.

According to the WILL, the properties have to be sold and the money be
given out to a ministry or a honest God fearing person 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
for the work of God.In short, I sold all the properties after their death,
as instructed by Mr. Seyrei K and Mrs. Seyrei H, before his death. After
their daeth,I sold all their properties as instructed, I realized the sum
of Twelve point four million US dollars($12,400,000.00 USD).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 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 and deposited the
consignments.

But I had encounter with Christ when Pastor T D Jakes 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 33:18-19 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 his 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 or an honest person for the purpose of God's work as
instructed by the owners before his death.After my fasting and prayers, I
asked God to make his choice and direct me to a 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 that was
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.So if you know that you
will use this fund honestly and wisely for things that will glorify God's
name, let me have your full names,address,phone and copy of your
identification.

Yours in Christ.

Barrister Philip Umeadi.

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