The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Barrister Christian <barristerchristian147@yahoo.in> Reply-To:     barristerchristian147@yahoo.in Subject:     FROM BARRISTER CHRISTIAN EDO Date:     Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:16:16 +0530 (IST) (12:46 EDT) GOOD DAY TO YOU   HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND ? HOPING YOU THAT THE WEEKEND WILL BE GRACE UPON YOUR LIFE IN JESUS NAME AMEN,MY WEEKEND WAS SO GOOD AND I WILL SAY THAT GOD USE IT TO IMPART MY LIFE TO A GREAT ANOINTING AND A HIGH LEVEL IN JESUS NAME AMEN.   HOW ARE YOU ? HOPE FINE. WITHOUT MUCH EMPHASIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT ON MY RESEARCH IN YOUR COUNTRY PROFILE BUT BEFORE I PROCEED AHEAD I WILL FIRST EXPLAIN MY SELF TO YOU FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND MY POINT CLEARLY.   I AM BARRISTER CHRISTIAN EDO AND I LIVE IN GHANA WEST AFRICA WITH MY WIFE AND ONE CHILD.   WHY I HAVE CONTACTED YOU IS I WANT YOU TO HELP ME TO STAND AS A BENEFICIARY, LISTEN, A CLIENT OF MINE NAMED DAVID FARA AND HIS WILL IS UNDER MY CUSTODY BUT HE DIED WITH HIS FAMILY IN TRAIN CRACH IN 2003 IN SPAIN AND IN HIS WILL HE HAVE SAID THAT HIS HOUSES AND LANDS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO HIS FAMILY AND HE HAS MADE A FIX DEPOSIT OF U$D 14.MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR IN A COMMERCIAL BANK HERE IN GHANA AND THE DEPOSIT WAS MADE TO BE GIVEN TO HIS FORIENG PARTNER AND NO NAME WAS MENTION .   I WANT YOU TO STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY ,FOR YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT OVER THERE SO THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND AS SOON AS THIS MONEY IS TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT YOU WILL HELP ME TO INVEST WITH IT AND I WILL GET OVER THERE WITH MY FAMILY AND YOU WILL PROMISE ME THAT AS SOON AS THIS MONEY IS TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BETRAY ME NOR FORSAKE ME AND YOU WILL HELP ME TO PAY SOME FEES THAT THEY MAY DEMAND FROM THE BANK ACCORDING TO THE TEAM OF THE AGREEMENT FROM THE BANK AND WHEN THE TRANSACTION IS COMPLETED YOU WILL TAKE 30 % OUT OF IT.   THIS ARE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION NEEDED FROM YOU SO THAT IT WILL BE ATTACH WITH MY LETTER OF ATTORNEY TO THE BANK INTRODUCING YOU AS THE NEST TO HEIR.   (1) YOUR FULL NAME.   (2) YOUR NATIONALITY.   (2) YOUR PRIVATE MOBIL NUMBER.   ALL THIS WILL ENABLES US TO CHANGE THE BENEFICIARY IN YOUR FAVOR AND I HAVE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT OF THE DEPOSIT SLIP AND THE TEAMS OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT THAT WE ENABLES US TO PROCEED AHEAD.   AS SOON AS I RECEIVED ALL THIS I WILL PROCEED AHEAD IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THIS TRANSACTION.   WISHING YOU THE BEST OF LUCK OF THE WEEK AND DECLARE THAT MAY THE GRACE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD BE WITH YOU AND THE LOVE OF LORD AS WE ENTERED THE NEW WEEK MAY THE LORD CHANGES OUR HEART AND MAY IT MAY BE A WEEK OF FAITHFULNESS AND TRUTHFULNESS TO US AND MAY WE POSSESS OUR POSSESSION IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME I DECLARE AMEN.   MAY THE LORD GOD GRANT YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS AS I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR YOUR POSITIVE DECISION TO HELP.   THANKS KINDLY REGARD BARRISTER CHRISTIAN EDO PLZ UPDATE ME   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published here as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam crap mistakenly published on this website as an advance fee scam, the solution is simple. Don't send me your spam crap.