419 scam: "Mr. Morgan Kent"<morgankent2010@yahoo.com> I WISH TO HAVE YOU AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348087400491 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr.morgankent2010@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Morgan Kent" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.morgankent2010@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 03:07:44 -0800
Subject: I WISH TO HAVE YOU AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT.

Mr.Morgan Kent

E-mail:mr.morgankent2010@yahoo.com

Tel-phone Number +2348087400491

Dear Sir/Ma

I WISH TO HAVE YOU AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT.

My name is Morgan Kent, I live in Nigeria, this is about my inheritance .I lost my father when i was small, and my grand father took care of me still i was grown up. There was a day my grand father was very ill, he called me and say he had a secret to tell me. I was anxious to know why my grand father was about to say. He told me that since my father his late, so it better for him to tell me the secret now...Since he his very ill he can go and meet his ancestors at any time.

He told me that there is a land that he has, and that land there is a natural resource inside the land that means crude oil.Inside the land which i need to know, so i can do some thing fast about it. Telling me this, i was flabbergasted, so i decide to go and find out,if it was true. To my greatest surprise, i found out that there is a natural resource inside the land. So i took a bottle oil to check it out in the Lab, i gave a scientist the bottle of the oil to help me confirm it.After the scientist most have finished,checking it, he came out from the Lab and say this is a crude oil, i was excited about the natural resource in my land.

So i return home and thank my grand father for keeping such a valuable property for me.So i thought of saling this land to the <NNPC> Company. which i went to meet the <NNPC> (Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation) Group general manager(public Affairs) Dr Levi Ajuonuma which we discourse about the land and fixed the amount they are going to buy it, He said they will pay $650,000,000.00 US Dollars for the land which he insisted of paying $45,000.00 US Dollars per Month. Which i decided to dispose this message to you as a friend and for you to tell me what to do, if i should sell the land or not. Please i need your advise. So i can know what to do. If you reply back i promise to give you 30 percent of the money and i take 70 percent of the money. Please all you have to do is you put your

Name:__________________________________

Address:_________________________________

Country___________________________________

Sex:_____________________________________

Age:_____________________________________

Tel-phone number:____________________________

Bank account number:______________________________

My good friend friend with all this information, i will give the (NNPC) your all this information so mine will be transferred into my account and yours will be transferred into your account immediately they buy the land. I will be very appreciative if my inheritance could attract you and favorable consideration. Kindly consider my request.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Morgan Kent

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