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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: "Rev.Joseph Moore" <rev_jmoore@w.cn>
Reply-To: rev_josephmoore@w.cn
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 11:09:36 +0300
Subject: Greetings In The Name Of Jesus Christ.

Greetings In The Name Of Jesus Christ.

When the Lord speaks, it would surely come to reality. 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 internal 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, I
am Rev. Joseph Moore, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs Imhuasen
Joseph a Russian couple that lived in my Country Nigeria for 25 years
before they died in the Belleview plane crash. They are 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 properties 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 have
to be sold and the money will be given out to a ministry for the work of
God, Orphanages and less privileges ones. As Their legal adviser, all the
documents for the Properties 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. Then I sold all the properties after
their death, as they instructed and as matter 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 out of the total
amount realized from the sold properties, this was base on the initial
agreement between me and the owner of the properties before their death.
Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God's work as
instructed by the owner is Fifteen million, five hundred thousand US
Dollars ($15.5m) only. Instead of giving the main to the work of God as
instructed to me by the owner before their 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 Boxes and deposited the Boxes with a security
company. I did not want the management of the Security Company to know the
content of the Boxes; therefore I registered the content of the Boxes as
Gold Bars. Now, the security company believes that what I deposited with
them was Gold Bars. I had encounter with Christ when Rev. Billy Graham was
preaching on television concerning Ananias and Sapphire 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 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 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 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 her death. After my fasting and prayers, I
asked God to make his choice and direct me to a honest Christian 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 Boxes 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. You should also
forward to me your telephone and fax number for easy communication and to
fax you the documents concerning the Boxes.

Prompt response will be highly appreciated.

Yours in Christ
Rev.Joseph Moore

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