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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: "Rev.Joseph Moore" <sarahdoor9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rev.joseph_moore@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 14:14:08 +0100
Subject: Greetings In The Name Of Jesus Christ.

Greetings from Rev. Moore.

It is my pleasure to share the good work 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 lawful and right in the sight of
God for internal life and in the sight of man to witness God's mercy and
glory upon my life. I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you; I
am Rev. J Moore, the legal adviser to the late Mr. Larry Glazer and his
wife, Jane Glazer, a couple that lived in my country for 25 years before
they died in a plane crash. They were good Christian and 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,
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, Orphanage Home, 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.
Though I sold all the properties after their death, as they instructed me
and as a 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 based on the initial agreement between i and my late client before
Their death.

Therefore, the total amount left to be invested into God's work as
instructed by my client Mr. /Mrs. Larry Glazer was Fifteen million, five
hundred Thousand US Dollars ($15.5m) Instead of giving the main fund out
for 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 an account to the bank on how I got the money. I
then packaged the fund in consignments 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 then after
that I had an encounter with Christ when Rev. Billy Graham was preaching on
television concerning Ananias and Sapphira 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: If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil,
they will die for it. 19 And if a wicked person turns away from their
wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live.

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 their death. I have
asked God for forgiveness and I know that God has 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 they died. After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make
his choice and direct me to an honest Christian after my fervent prayer God
directed you to me. I advise you to seek the face of God for spiritual
direction on how to handle this kingdom investment , please direct your
email message to my private email AT (rev.joseph_moore@yahoo.com ) for
immediate details on how we can proceed and for security reasons.

Yours in Christ
Rev.J Moore

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