419 scam: "BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP)"<lucerovb@emarkets.co.uk> Re: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- +447031964559 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.2015compensation15@instruction.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:14:41 +0700
Subject: Re: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

Office of Mr.Mr.Andy Hopwood
Director of Project and Planning Department
BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP)
1 St James's Square London,SW1Y 4PD United Kingdom.
Phone: Phone: +44-(703) 1964-559
REPLY Email: infoGastonbritihetrop@qualityservice.com

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF GBP?47,800,000.00

Attn Dear Friend.

I am Mr.Andy Hopwood Chief operating officer, strategy and regions upstream BRITISH PETROLEUM PLC, I head a seven man Tenders Board Committee (TBC) in charge of contract award and Payment approvals in upstream. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry upstream in favor of the (BP GLOBAL) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Gulf of Mexico for crude oil and upstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation - GBP ?3 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries upstream in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product upstream (Depots)- GBP ?215 Million.

4) Compensation on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill upstream (GBP ?13 Billion)

The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in the sum of Fourty-Seven Million Nine Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling (GBP ?47,900,000.00) which has recently been approved and now ready to be transferred. However the actual contractor to receive the fund one Mr. Lucas, James N. from Las Vegas is now died since September 8, 1998, of the horrific crash of Swissair, Flight 111 alongside his wife Lucas Anna B.

You can take time and verify from the website as shown herein for confirmation of the plane crash and name of the dead contractor among the crash victims list,

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/916128/

Hence the actually Contractor in person who executed the aforementioned contract has died and the projects officially commissioned. Consequently, my colleague and I are willing to transfer the total amount into your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the British Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the transferred sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses during the course of this transaction, you will then be mandated to revert the balance to us in due course. All the legal documents involved will be forwarded to you on your perusal.

If the sharing ratio is acceptable by you, then you kindly required to provide the following details so as to enable us file for claim from the Bank with all the approved concerned documents.

Full Name:
Complete Mailing Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Mobile Number:
Fax Number:
copy of your international passport

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions; our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost confidentiality and secrecy. Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry 0f Finance, BARCLAYS Bank Plc England, and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate remittance of the funds within 7 working days subject to your satisfaction of the above terms.

Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free. To accord this transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual security of funds, the whole procedures shall be legally processed with your name or any company you may nominate as the bonafide final beneficiary.

A memorandum of Mutual Business understanding shall be sent to you upon agreeing to the terms aforementioned.

BEST REGARDS.

Mr.Andy Hopwood.
Director of Project and Planning Department
BRITISH PETROLEUM GLOBAL
Phone: +44-(703) 1964-559

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