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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: "yoko-5ko@mx2.avis.ne.jp" <yoko-5ko@mx2.avis.ne.jp>
Reply-To: barr.tomsmith@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 01:12:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Beloved In Christ


Dear Beloved 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 BARRISTER TOM SMITH, the legal adviser to
late Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williams, a British couple that lived in my
Country Nigeria for 35 years before they both died in a plane crash late
last year. These couple was 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, etc. 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 God. 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. To cut the story short, I sold all the
properties after their death, as instructed by my client, Mr. Bright
Williams before his death. And as matter of fact, after I sold all their
properties, expectedly, I realized a huge amount of money that runs into
millions of dollars, 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 based on the initial agreement
between me and the owner of the properties before his death. Therefore,
the total amount left to be invested into God's work as instructed by the
owner is $12,000,000.00 (twelve million US dollars) only. But Instead of
giving the main fund out for the work of God as instructed to me by my
client 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
got the money.

I then packaged the fund in consignments 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 Pastor Benny Hinn 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 and 19. From the scripture, I
discovered that the only way I could have peace in my life is to do that
is lawful and right by giving out the fund as instructed for the work of
God by my client. I have asked God for forgiveness on my initial thought
concerning the money, 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 my
client before his death. After my fasting and prayers,I asked God to make
his choice and direct me to a honest Christian or the chosenministry 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 overit, then you were nominated through divine revelation
from God so that was 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 be moved abroad.So if you know
that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for things that will
glorify God's name, then do contact me back,ASAP.

Then you send to me in your reply, YOUR FULL NAMES, YOUR ERSONAL ADDRESS,YOU
R TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS. These information’s are required by the securi
ty company to facilitate the process of the funds receiver's documentation Y
our prompt response.Contact me urgently for your good responds through my E-
mail-: barr.tomsmith@yandex.com

God bless you.
Yours in Christ.
BARRISTER TOM SMITH

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