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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: peterson churchill <advocate_partners78@web.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:19:23 +0100
Subject: PLEASE CONFIRM MY BUSINESS PROPOSAL



Dear Sir,

I have gone through your rather summarized profile and decided to consult you.
The protracted quest in locating relatives of my deceased client has been
fruitless. However, since he is dead and no more and no trace to any of his
relatives living or dead after all the efforts I have made in the past few
years, I want you to stand as my late client's next of kin/beneficiary in
Europe to claim the cash deposit.

I will also like you to know that by virtue of my brief and my closeness to the>deceased, I am very much aware of my client's financial standing, which he
operated.

Along with his only known relative, my client died intestate a few years ago in
a plane crash as reported on this
Site: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up
our claims. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.

I am currently in Europe to execute this task of finding a substantive or
putative beneficiary and willing to disclose further details depending on your
disposition to this matter. Please do not take offence but I assure adequate
compensation for your time, help and commitment. Please, send your reply to the
below email address.

Thank you and God bless.

Peterson Churchill
Advocate Partners
Email: barrister_churchill06@zonai.com




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