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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: "CHURCHILSP" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrschurchillpat@yahoo.dk>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:57:20 -0400
Subject: PHILANTHROPIC TRUST

New Page 1

My dear how are you today,
I know this mail will surely come to you as a surprise, considering the fact that we don’t know each other and i must apologize for any embarrassment this may have caused you. Although my family attorney who could have handled the process of executing my WILL & TESTAMENT on my behalf died early this year after a protracted illness. I therefore prayed fervently and by his grace, I got your email ID from your country's guest book. I am Mrs. Churchill S. Patricia from Denmark, am 53 years old. am suffering from protracted cancer of the lungs which has also affected part of my brain cells due to complications. From all indication, my condition has deteriorated and it is quite obvious according to my doctors that i may not live for the next couple of months, because my condition has gotten to a critical and life threatening stage.

I was an orphaned at the age of four and was raised in an orphanage home and I got married to my late husband Engineer Kosele Churchill for forty-three years without a child and he had cardiovascular condition and died of cardiac arrest three years ago. I am a fervent Believer.

We lived in Nigeria for over 22 years, where my husband a petrochemical Engineer by profession worked and rose through the ranks to become an Executive Director with a multinational construction and oil servicing conglomerate, before his demise. He also established huge private investments that i assisted in managing.

Sequel to the unfortunate and shocking death of my priceless husband, I decided as a rule not to re-marry again. when my cancer ailment became terminal and more deplorable because i do not have a next of kin to bequeath all that husband & i labored for, I sold off all our choice properties and other inherited belongings comprising of a shopping mall, an hotel, shares, bonds, jewelries and other valuable family treasures and deposited the proceeds amounting to USD$10Million with Assurance Bank of Nigeria Plc.

As i write, this fund is still deposited with the bank. The management of the bank just wrote me as the sole owner because of the unserviceable status of the fund and suggested to me in a 2 paragraph statement to issue a letter of authorization to someone who can manage the fund on my behalf because of my ill health and also threatened that the fund could be confiscated upon my failure to adhere to their Banking rules and regulations within a stipulated time frame.

I am presently at the intensive care unit in hospital here in Denmark. i have been undergoing treatment there for late-stage terminal cancer of the lungs. I am computer literate and was fortunate enough to have my personal laptop with me, hence I am writing from my sick bed. I rarely talk,

As doctors confirmed that I have less than Two months to live unless there is a divine intervention, so, I shared my fortunes among individuals, Charity organizations and I WILLED (donated) my 10Million USD deposited with Assurance Bank of Nigeria Plc West Africa to you for charity Work Especially for Cancer patients, homes for destitute, the mentally retarded and Orphanages home where i was raised and keep part of the principal amount to support yourself, It is my last WISH therefore to see that 90% of this fund is invested in any charitable organization of your choice and administered as you may deem fit, if you wish.10% of the fund could also be expended on cost of administration of WILL & TESTAMENT and also on logistic support and other sundry arrangements that you may require as soon as the fund gets to you.

I crave your indulgence as someone who cares for the less-privileged as much as i do, to take it upon yourself and use this fund for the above mentioned purposes, I took this painstaking decision in other to help humanity in my little capacity before i rest in peace in the bosom of lord. According to my physicians my time will soon be up.


As soon as I receive your reply and personal information as listed below, I shall give you the official contact of the Assurance Bank of Nigeria officials, to enable you contact the Bank without delays. I will also issue you with A Letter of Authorization, so that my bankers will recognize your status as the new beneficiary and my next of kin of the fund.

The letter of authorization will further prove that you are the new beneficiary of my ESTATE, WILL & TESTAMENT for court Change of Onwership. the funds have an open beneficiary mandate and as such, it is whom i authorize or appoint to act on my behalf that the bank will recognize and release the funds to as my next of kin. Please assure me that you will not treat this offer with levity but will rather give my bequest continued existence.

Send the below information through my private email: churchillpatricia726@yahoo.com,so that I will use them to obtain authorization in your name and forward to the bank for the payment to you.

(1) Your full names: =================
(2) Personal or official contact address
(3) Home or Office phone#:============Cell phone#:==========Fax#:=====
(4) Your Age: =============== (5) Occupation:=========
(6) Sex/Marital status:================
(7) Private E-mail Address: =================
Awaiting your kind response while craving your appreciation of my predicament.
Yours sister,
Mrs. Churchill
Add me on your yahoo chat massagers email: churchillspat@yahoo.dk

 

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