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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
  • +27865191261 (South Africa, 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.
  • hortoncolin@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY OF SAO TOME" <anp_geral@cstome.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hortoncolin@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:22:07 +0200
Subject: URGENT PROJECT PROPOSAL

REF: NPA/O02/GOV/07
ENGR. COLIN HORTON
NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY OF SAO TOME
FAX: +27865191261


EMAIL: HORTONCOLIN@HOTMAIL.COM <mailto:HORTONCOLIN@HOTMAIL.COM>
VISITS US AT: WWW.ANP-STP.GOV.ST <http://www.anp-stp.gov.st/>

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS ENG. JERRY ROOTY, AND I WORK WITH THE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY. TO BE PRECISE, I OVERSEE EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN OPERATIONS FOR THE AGENCY.

MY POSITION IN THE AGENCY ENTITLES EXPLORATION ALLOCATION LICENSES AND I DO RECOMMEND OIL ALLOCATION BIDDERS AND ACTUALIZE OIL LIFTING TO THE FINAL BUYERS AND ALSO TO MY CANDIDATES BASED ON MY INTEREST.



IN FEW YEARS BACK, I FACILITATED AND ACTUALIZED THE LICENSE OF A CANDIDATE, THIS IS A BUSINESSPERSON FROM IRAQ. THE LICENSE WAS FOR 5 YEAR AT 24 MILLION BBLS/12 MONTHS AND DUE TO REASONS UNKNOWN TO ME, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THIS MAN TILL DATE.

THE LICENSE IS STILL VALID TILL DATE (AS I ALWAYS ENSURE THAT I KEEP TO MY SIDE OF THE BARGAIN), I HAVE DECIDED TO START USING THE LICENSE FROM NOW.

I AM IN NEED OF A PARTNER WHOM I CAN TRUST; I WILL PACKAGE YOU AS THE ALLOCATION LICENSE BENEFICIARY. DUE TO MY POSITION IN THE PETROLEUM AGENCY, I CANNOT HANDLE THIS POSITION. I ASSUME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ALL THE QUALITIES I NEED FOR SUCH PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS AND THIS IS THE ONLY REASON WHY I HAVE CONTACTED YOU.



WE SHALL BE ABLE TO LIFT A MAXIMUM OF 2MILLION BARRELS OF SLCO PER MONTH WHILE THIS WILL FETCH US AN AVERAGE OF US$6MILLION PER MONTH SINCE I HAVE READY BUYERS WHO WOULD SCRAMBLE FOR ANY NUMBER OF BARRELS WE LIFT.

THIS IS WHAT I PROPOSE:

1. YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR COMPANY NAME, IN WHICH SHALL BE USED TO REPLACE OF THE INITIAL LICENSE OPERATOR.

2. I WILL ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPANY NAME IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LICENSE OPERATOR AND THAT WE HAVE A LAY CANDIDATE FOR AT LEAST MIN OF 1 MILLION BARRELS PER MONTH, A MAXIMUM OF 2 MILLION BARRELS PER MONTH STARTING FROM THE DATE OF COMPANY INCORPORATION.

3. I WILL ENSURE THAT ALL LIFTING PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE AND BUYERS READILY AVAILABLE.



4. YOU STAND IN AS THE LICENSE OPERATOR FOR ALL LIFTING AND SALES TRANSACTIONS; WE SHALL OPEN AN ACCOUNT FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE OIL SALE PROCEEDS IN WHICH BOTH OF US SHALL BE SIGNATORIES TO THE ACCOUNT.

5. WE SHALL SPLIT THE OIL SALE PROCEEDS IN THE RATIO OF 50/50 EQUITY SHARE WHILE EQUITY WILL BE AT THE LAST DAY OF EVERY MONTH.



I BELIEVE THIS OFFER I MAKE TO YOU IS BASED ON UTMOST GOOD FAITH. I COULD BE JEOPARDIZING MY POSITION IN THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY IF WORD OF THIS GOES OUT; THEREFORE WITHOUT MINCING WORDS, I RELY ON YOU FOR UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY ON EVERY BIT OF DETAIL INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS PROJECT.

CURRENTLY I AM IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY CONTRACT PROJECT INSPECTION. I PREFER YOU RESPOND TO ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL OR FAX FOR CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS PROJECT. I WILL CONTACT YOU IN RECEIPT OF YOUR RESPOND FOR MORE VERBAL CLARIFICATION.

UPON YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE, I WILL BE WILLING TO FORWARD TO YOU PROOF OF MY PROPOSITION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILD A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.





WARMLY REGARD,


REF: NPA/O1/SAT/07
ENGR. COLIN HORTON
NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY OF SAO TOME
FAX: +27865191261
EMAIL: HORTONCOLIN@HOTMAIL.COM <mailto:HORTONCOLIN@HOTMAIL.COM>
VISITS US AT: WWW.ANP-STP.GOV.ST <http://www.anp-stp.gov.st/>

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