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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: "franklin oji" <deaconbaphilipoji100@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: deaconbaphilip4@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:36:33 +0000
Subject: DIVINE WILL REPLY

Dear Belove 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 Philip Oji, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs.
Gregory Woods, a British couple that lived in my Country Nigeria for 25
years before they both died in the plane crash late last year. These couples
were good Christians, they 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. Gregory Woods 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. In
short, after their death, I sold all the properties as instructed and I was
able to realized $3,000,000.00 (three million US dollars). Instead of giving
the fund out for the work of God as instructed 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 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
rigthe 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 turn away from his righteousness, and commit
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 ht 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 for the purpose of God's work as instructed by the owner 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
surfing through a Christian site, and as a matter of fact, it is not only
you or your ministry that I picked on the Christian siter initially, but
after my fervent prayer over it, then you were nominated to me through
divine revelation from God, so these are 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. So if
you know that you will use this fund honestly for things that will glorify
God's name, then do urgently contact me back and the details will be given
to you on how you will be able to receive the fund in your country through
the security company. You should also forward to me your telephone and fax
number for easy communication and to fax you the documents concerning the
consignments.
Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ.
NOW deacon Philip Oji oF Calvary Church Wuse Zone 11 Abuja

YOU CAN REPLY TO ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS deaconbaphilip2@yahoo.com



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