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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • pauleme@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul emeka <tony@tonysmith7.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:49:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FOR GOD'S WORK


Dear Beloved in Christ,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ.
Having known the truth, I have no choice than to do
what is lawful and right in the sight of God.
I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you,
having seen your contact from the Internet.
I am Barrister Paul Emeka ,the legal adviser to
late Mr.and Mrs. Robert Stevenson a swedish couple
that lived in my Country for 25 years before they both
died in a plane crash.
This childless couple were devoted Christians,
who acquired a lot of property like land, estates etc.
As their lawyer and WILL executor, I was instructed to
dedicate their wealth to humanitarian services.
That I did and realized $7,500,000.00 (Seven million five hundred thousand US dollars) but Instead of dedicating the said money
for the work of God.
I converted the fund to myself with the intention of
investing it abroad, of which I packaged it in a
secret vault and deposited the consignments with a security
company.
I did not want the Security firm to know the content
of the consignment, so I registered it as GOLD
BARS/DIPLOMATIC BOOKS. And it has since been
airlifted to their company in Europe.
However, as fate will have it I lost all that I had in
a fire incident which left me stranded. I was in this
state of confussion when I had an encounter with Christ when
Pastor Hagen was preaching on television concerning
Ananias and Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. and I realized how
selfish amd materialistic I was.
I gave my life to Christ and became born again, and
exposed to the things of the spirit. And I deceided to
carry out the "Deed of the will". under the
guideance of the Holy Spirit your ministry was picked
as the beneficiary of the money.So if you feel compelled
by the Spirit pls.
contact me on the email address: pauleme@myway.com

ALSO SEND YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS
PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION
Yours in Christ,
Barrister Paul Emeka ,(Esq)

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