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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: "Engr. Desmond Efi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <desmondefi@mynet.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 06:08:10 +0400
Subject: Crude oil sales Rep

Hello,

My name is Engr. Desmond Efi, I work with TRIUMP PETROLEUM COMPANY OF MADAGASCAR at their London Annex office. I can use my contact as an insider here in the petroleum industry to reassign a dormant license to your name or your company's name as the new beneficiary of the crude oil sales license thereby making you a crude oil sales representative to the oil company.

The crude oil sales license attracts a commission of 3$ per each barrel sold through the license, This means that the oil company will be paying you a commission of $3 per barrel sold through your license at the end of every sales transaction monthly. There are different capacities of crude oil sales license, depending on the annual production of a particular oil company. The capacity of the available crude oil sales license now is five hundred thousand barrels per month. As the crude oil license operator, you will be paid a total commission of $1.5MUSD at the end of every sales transaction monthly.

This sounds strange as we do not know each other or met each other before, I got your contact during my search for a reputable and trustworthy person/company to handle this crude oil venture with me. If you are interested, kindly respond to my e-mail and I will give you the detailed information regarding this transaction.

Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks
Engr. Desmond Efi

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