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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: "Mr. Joseph Moore" <harity.jmore@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: svmfbs@live.com
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:33:07 -0700
Subject: my seedb


Re: Work Of God. Dearest in the Lord, It is my pleasure to shear the good w=
ork Of God with you,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 la=
wful and right in the sight of God for internal life and in the sight of ma=
n 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 Moore, the legal adviser to l=
ate Mr.and Mrs. Imhuasen Joseph a Russian couple that lived here in United =
Kingdom for 25 years before they died in the Bellevue plane crash. They wer=
e 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 propert=
ies 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 h=
ave to be sold and the money will be given out to a ministry for the work o=
f God, Orphanage Home ,As Their legal adviser, all the documents for the Pr=
operties 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 matte=
r 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 o=
ut 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 c=
lient Mr. and Mrs. Imhuasen Joseph is Fifteen million, five hundred Thousan=
d US Dollars ($15.5m) Instead of giving the main fund out for the work of G=
od as instructed to me by the owner before their death. I converted the fun=
d 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 cons=
ignments in a box 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=
Family treasures=92 had encounter with Christ when Rev. Billy Graham was p=
reaching on television concerning Ananias and Sapphire in Acts 5:1!-11. Aft=
er hearing the word of God, I gave my life to Christ and became a born agai=
n 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 iniq=
uity, 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 sc=
ripture, 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 w=
ork 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 r=
ight 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. Afte=
r my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make his choice and direct me to a=
honest Christian after my fervent prayer. please direct your reply to my p=
ersonal email at(Rev.Joseph Moore svmfbs@live.com ) Yours in Christ Rev.Jos=
eph Moore

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