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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: john eldridge <blackgoldchambers2@yahoo.de>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:55:37 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Request Proposal for Financial Partnership...


John Eldridge Esq.
Blackgold Chambers,
Longmeadow Drive,
London, UK EX32 7RA.
Dear Sir,
Request Proposal for Financial Partnership.
Compliments. My name is John Eldridge Esq., Barrister at Law with the above mentioned law firm and I am making this contact with you to seek your partnership and cooperation in a mutually beneficial financial relationship of no illegal nature. We as lawyers have been mandated by our clients who are Chinese Farmers dealing in Gall stones, to seek partners in United States of America, Canada and Europe who will be willing to partner with us and help retrieve and handle payments that cannot be processed online. The payments are always less than Fifty thousand US dollars (US$50,000.00) normally and the agreed receiver’s commission is between ten and twenty percent (10-20 %) of the amount received depending on the mode of effecting payment after related taxes have been taken care of. Invoices and other documents to legalize the payments will always be provided by our firm as at when due and necessary and we are always obliged to be at our partners services if any need
arises. I anticipate your soonest response to this proposal and if you are ready, willing and able upon perusing your response then we shall proceed with business immediately. Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours’ sincerely,
John Eldridge Esq.



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