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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: "Mr. Morgan Kent" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morgankent2223@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 16:53:47 -0400
Subject: RE: PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Mr. Morgan Kent

morgankent1985@outlook.com

Dear Sir/Ma,

My name is Morgan Kent, I live in Nigeria, this mail is about my inheritance .I lost my father when i was small, and my grand father took good care until i became i grown man age of 53 years old. my grand father has been very ill for the past 2years now, fortunately before he died, he called me and said he had a secret to tell me. I was anxious to know what my grand father was about to say. He told me that, since my father his late it will be better for him to tell me the secret, that very soon he will go and meet his ancestors at any time.

He told me that there is a land that he has, on that land there is a natural resource inside the land that means crude oil, so that i can do some thing fast about it, i was flabbergasted to hear such victorious word from his mouth, so i decide to go and find out,if what he told me was true, to my greatest surprise, i found out that there is a natural resource inside the land. So i took a bottle of the 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 have finished,checking it, he came out from the Lab and said this is a crude oil, i was excited about the natural resource inside the land.

So i return back home and thank my grand father for keeping such a valuable-able property for me.So i thought of selling this land to the (NNPC) Company. So i went to meet the (Nigeria National Petroleum Company) Group general manager(public Affairs) Mr. Andrew Yakubu, we both discourse about the land, then he fixed the amount they are going to buy it, He said they will pay $100,000,000.00 US Dollars for the land of Crude oil, and also they are going to be paying me monthly income which is $10,000.00 US Dollars per Month as soon as the transaction is completed. The NNPC General Manager Mr. Andrew Yakubu, told me that i cannot receive such kind of amount of money here, due to the crises that is happening right here in Nigeria about the gang Boko Haram that is bombing churches, school and mosques, it would be very risky if this fund is deposited here in Nigeria. if youwatch CNN news frequently you would understand me more better, so that's why am seeking for your assistant in this business transaction

Base on your help and your kind attitude towards me, i would like to show you my kind gesture toward you too by rewarding you with the huge sum of 30% percent from my inheritance fund. I promise to give you 30% percent out of the money and i take 70 percent of the money. Note that you are required to send me your information so that i can be able to forward it to the (NNPC) General Manager Mr. Andrew Yakubu so that he can start processing the transaction.

Name:__________________________________

Address:_________________________________

Country___________________________________

Sex:_____________________________________

Occupation________________________________

Age:_____________________________________

Tel-phone number:____________________________


My good friend with all this information, i will forward the information which you are going to send to me to the NNPC, so that they can start processing the transaction. Note that My inheritance fund will be transferred into your Bank account, and as soon as the transfer is completed i would travel down to your Country to collect my own share of the fund. Base on the plans that i have, am planing to invest my own part of the fund in your country which i will also need your assistance when investing by putting me through in a lucrative business that i can invest in your country. 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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