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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: "Thomas Morgan" <atoapamkojo94@gmail.com>
Reply-To: morgan.thomas2@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 23:57:03 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL


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From Mr.Morgan Thomas.
MXP-512 Third Infantry Division
UnitT.I.D.U,
Abul Uruj, Baghdad, Iraq.

Sir,
I am Mr. Morgan Thomas, a Contractor with the America troop
served in the third infantry division Unit in Iraq in the year
2003. I am currently AWOL. My partner Darren D. Braswell,36, of
Riverdale, Ga., died Jan. 7th near TalAfar, Iraq when the UH-60
Blackhawk helicopter in which he was a passenger crashed.
Braswell worked For the Army and Air Force Exchange Service,
before his death We secretly moved some abandoned sum in a
mansion belonging to the former president, Saddam Hussein and
the total sum is USD80,000,000.00
As I write this letter to you, these boxes are in the vault of
a holding firm in Ghana as I secretly moved it out of Baghdad
to a safe place and since then has been laying low while on AWOL.
please I seek your consent to help me move this money to your
country location.
You do not have to be afraid of anything as no one else knows
about this and everything is safe, if you compare the time it
was discovered and this time you will understand that all eyes
have been off the funds now.
I would be pleased and grateful to you if you could assist me
and my late partner, Darren D. Braswell, in receiving this money
for us on your behalf. Of course, I shall compensate you with an
attractive percentage of 40% of the total funds for your role/
efforts.

Moving the funds out of the company vault is not going to be much
of a problem as arrangements are being made towards that. All I
want from you is your trust, Please get back to me with your
full name
Contact phone number Preferable without delay and let's negotiate
terms. Your response will determine our subsequent
correspondence.
You can read more on this website for more information and
explanations: http://mscgh.com/inter/link.php?M=44471&N=7&L=1&F=T

Yours in Service.
Mr.Morgan Thomas.
+233509150067



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