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, I can 100% guarantee that 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:     OKEKE GEORGE <barristermichaelscot@gmail.com> Reply-To:     okekenonsogeorge@gmail.com Subject:     DEAR HUMBLE SERVANT OF GOD Date:     Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:33:24 +0300 (05:33 EDT)  Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Son of Almight God Amen.    Dear Brethrew, First, i am Mr. okeke george, a citizen of Federal Republic of Nigeria, a Country in Africa Continent. I am writing to ask for your kind financial assistant to help me start a new life after being devastated by high level of penury,sufferings and peppertual hardship which emanated as a result of my father's death since 1981 as well as my elder brother's illness which also started the very moment he graduated from the university since 1985. Throughly, this untold hardship saved me from bondage of sins hence i gave my life to Jesus as my Lord and personal saviour and since then, i have passed through hell and terrible sorrows which at times, led to my questioning myself if actually i am a true son of God. But, that i honestly know that i am no matter my present conditions and state of life. My fellow Brethrew in the Lord, i chose to seek for your good assistant because i can not get any help from Egypt "World". Yes, my Country is too corrupt to the point many youths and yong people are taking to a lot of crimes such as:(A) internet scam and fraud (A.K.A 419).(B) Ritual killings just for the sake of money making. (C)Armed robbery activities. (D)Thuggering. (E)Smoking of Marijuna & Alhocolism as a result of fustration and rejection. (F) Oil pipeline vandalization to tap oil and sale which sometimes leads to massive destruction of lives and properties by fire. (G)Smuggling of Country banned iterms from the bother in ordr to make ends meet. However, i can not be a party to the above stated crimes because the bible says that man at his best state altogether is vanity ( psalm: 35 vs 5). I can not take to crime because it is appointed unto men to die once and after death comes judgement.I can not take to crime because the wages of sin is death while the gift of God is life everlasting (Rom: 23 vs 3). I can not be a party to any crime because our Lord is a consuming fire and i can not afford to crucify him the second time in my life. I can not take to crime because if a man be in Christ he is a new creature as old things have passed away and all things become new again.Please,help me financially to enable me start a bussiness so as to take good care of my aging Mother as well as my sick elder Brother who was supposed to be the bread winner of my family. I am devastated by hardship ,please save my soul from going back into the world as all my hope of maintaining this Heavenly race hangs on your ability to assisting me financially start a new life. Please, your help is imperative for me not to fall back to sin which i denouced 6 years ago. My prayer today is that the Good Lord will show you and your entire family and congragation mercy for ever and ever in Jesus name Amen. Yours Brother in the Lord, okeke george: 4 Iworo Street Coker Village Orile Iganmu Lagos-Nigeria Tel: +014164752 Age: 30yesr Colour: Yellow Sex: Male Marital Status: Single Occupation: Jobless.   [ 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.

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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