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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: "Attorney Robert Kent" <thekentfirm@aol.com>
Reply-To: thekentfirm@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:19:44 -0700
Subject: Revert

Attorney Robert Kent
REF: ZE/EGO/DI/5/2020
Date: 5/8/2020

How are you doing? With deep sense of humor i solicit your confidence. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that an information of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. My name is Barr Robert Kent, a senior advocate and personal Attorney to my late client; my purpose of contacting you is for you to help me to secure the funds left behind by my late client, to avoid it being confiscated or declared unclaimed by the Bank; the fund valued at (Seven Million US Dollar) was deposited by my late client on January 4th 2019 for investment purposes but unfortunately he died of coronavirus on the 8th MARCH 2020, living the fund with no Testament (No beneficiary on file).
The Bank has issued me a notice to contact any known relative or else the fund will be diverted to the Bank treasury, so far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to my late client has been in vain. Hence, I have decided to look for a reliable person that has the same surname with my late client as the only and last option to claim the fund. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the beneficiary to my late client, since you have the same surname so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to your account. All the legal documentations to back up our claim as my client's beneficiary, I shall provide them. All I require from you is your full confidential co-operation to enable us achieve this.
I wish to point out that I want 30% of this money to be shared or donated among the families we know that lost their love ones in Covid 19 Pandemic, while the remaining 70% is shared equally between us. This transaction is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the client's personal attorney to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please contact me with the above reference on Tel/Fax: +1404 592 9143 or private email: thekentfirm@hotmail.com
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand more on this transaction. May the Almighty protect you and your family against this Covid 19 pandemic that has affected the world health, economic and financial sector.
However, if this message offends your moral ethics, please do accept my sincere apology, If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly revert back.

Sincerely,
Barr. Robert Kent
Senior Advocate

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