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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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From: Peter Hull <phull5584@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 12:09:29 -0800
Subject: RE: Request for Business Cooperation.

Dear Managing Director,

RE: Request for Business Cooperation.

I hope you are well, and all is well with the family. Well, a situation so
urgent and rewarding necessitate I have to contact you through this medium
and would respectfully request that you treat the content of this offer as
privileged and respect the integrity of the information therein.

I am Peter Hull a family law attorney in Cotonou, Benin Republic and legal
trustee to the late Mr.Chang Yujun a Chinese national resident here in
Benin and worked as Director of World Construction and Engineering Co.,
LTD. On 16th of September 2011, my client died of cancer here and since
then I have made several inquiries to his embassy here to locate any of my
client's relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

I have contacted you to assist me in securing the amount of Euro
10.5 Million left by my deceased client in order to avoid these funds being
confiscated by the Government. Two weeks ago the bank issued me a notice to
present the relatives of my deceased client in the next six months or the
funds would be confiscated in accordance with the Benin banking laws. For
the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating my deceased client's
relatives I seek your consent in order to put forward an application as
business associate to my deceased client so that these funds will be paid
to you, and thereafter the funds shall be shared equally between you and
me. I'm willing to do this because I do not want our corrupt government to
take ownership of the deceased funds.

You can rest assured that this deal is 100 percent risk-free. All I require
from you is your honest cooperation to enable us to see this transaction
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If you are
interested and in agreement with me, please contact me as soon as possible;
I shall provide you with more details and how we shall proceed with the
claims.

Yours sincerely,
Peter Hull,Esq.

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