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has anybody heard of peter brennan [esq] attorney & is 234-702-515-9548 in usa or nigeria or is this a scam?

got email said he is a attorney for couple that died in air crash years ago has millons for next of kin or is this a internet scamhis ph# area code 234perfix is702 is this usa or nigeria plese help

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say's he has millons for next of kin he emailed me 2 days ago lookin for blood kin is this for real are is it a scam

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Do NOT--repeat--NOT!!--answer emails like this. They are nothing but scams and/or schemes to get your personal information for identity theft. This airplane crash scheme has gone on for years--in fact, it was one of the first email scams I got almost 8 years ago. The "representative"--usually an "attorney" or "bank employee"--writes that either Mr. So-and-so (or sometimes he and his wife) crashed their airplane into a lake or a mountain, etc. and left all these millions of US dollars in this Nigerian bank (one time I got one from a bank in London, England that ACTUALLY exists) or some foreign country's main bank, and they have just so long to find the "long lost heirs" or the money will all be lost. All YOU have to do is come forward, tell the bank you are the heir, and this "representative" will then split the money (sometimes up to $250 million) EVENLY with you. You think, "oh, I'm gonna get $125 million."--until you read the line "I will get 70% of it in order to take care of all the business dealings and paperwork involved, and you will get 30%." To claim your share of the money, you have to tell them everything about you from the time you are born, your mother's maiden name, etc.--even your dog's name sometimes. I was even getting them by regular postal mail (if you get these, turn them over to your Postmaster at your local post office, or send them to the Postmaster General of your state or even the US).

    Just DO NOT bother with them. Delete them from your email the minute you see one. Save yourself some grief. =)

    I also looked up some international telephone codes and found the following:

    234 --NIGERIA country code

    702 515 LAS VEGAS Nevada T-MOBILE USA, INC. (cell phone company)--area code and prefix

    702 NV Las Vegas, almost all of Clark County;

    234-702-9548), I got this:

    234 NIGERIA Pankshin ( City name)

    When I tried to look up Peter Brennan, esq. or Nigerian attorneys, I got the page "Cannot find the server."

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Scam, fraud, cheat, fake. Call it what you will. I've recently had a girl from Nigeria e-mailing me. Apparently her father who is a General, has $50 million USD and she will give me 10% to help her. All I have to do is give her some of my personal details and put up the transfer fee. Duh ! I have e-mailed her back saying no problem, I am coming to see you tomorrow.......... Hahahaha

    Get rid of it dude.

    http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/consumer/article.html...

  • 5 years ago

    One thing I didn't ask this ? Tina stick it up your azs sounds to me someone got one over on a few people .

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  • 1 decade ago

    Fake and fraud. Spam that scam message straight into oblivion right away.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Dude, did you just put someone's actual phone number up here????? The person is going to MURDER YOU!

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