419 scam: "Engr. Thomas Kune"<1401031@newindia.co.in> Oil License Agent Needed Urgently

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Thomas Kune" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engr.thomaskune@mynet.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 22:25:14 +0100
Subject: Oil License Agent Needed Urgently

Hello Friend,

My name is Engr. Thomas Kune, I work with the Triumph Oil & Gas Company of Madagascar also known as T-OIL. I will officially guide you on how to obtain a crude oil sales license with T-OIL. This crude oil sales license gives the beneficiary the mandate to sell T-OIL ALBA crude oil to any part of the world and the license attracts a host commission of $3 per barrel sold.

This means that T-OIL will be paying you a total commission of $3 per each barrel sold under your license as the license operator. This crude oil sales license has a capacity of one million barrels of crude oil per month, this means that at the end of every sales transaction monthly, you are entitled to receive a total commission of $3MUSD from T-OIL.

I will give you details on how this works as soon as I confirm your understanding.We shall proceed as soon as I hear from you.

Thanks
Engr. Thomas Kune

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