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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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Fraud email example:

From: adam smith <adamssmith102@gmail.com>
Reply-To: morgankent961@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 16:51:31 +0100
Subject: I WISH TO HAVE YOU AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Mr. Morgan Kent

Tel-phone Number:+2347065414121

Dear Sir/Ma,

I WISH TO HAVE YOU AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT.

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 of me still i was grown up. There was a day my grand father was
very ill, 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 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, 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 is 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 in my 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 <NNPC> (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. So 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 to me and you are willing to
assist me as in this business transaction, 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:____________________________

Bank account 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 will travel down to your Country to collect my own share out of
the money. from my plan anyway I 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 telling the lucrative business that i can invest
on 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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