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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Engr. Peter Nelson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ca1414jj@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:00:27 -0800
Subject: business proposition to you
Hi There,
I'm extending a business proposition to you having been delighted with your company profile which i got from the business directory. My name is Peter Nelson. I work under procurement department of the National Petroleum Agency SA[NPA-SA]. This company supplies a brand of crude oil called Alba Crude Oil and sale to the world market through license mandate operators/holders. The NPA-SA issues oil lifting license allocations to individuals/companies who will assist them to market their product and earn commission in return. The work of the license operator/holder is to locate the buyers of the crude oil and negotiate a buy/sale transaction on behalf of the NPA-SA. The license operator earns a $4.00 commission on each barrel of crude oil sold to the buyer as commissions.
My proposition is that we secure an oil lifting license from the NPA-SA in your name as the oil license holder while I use my inside connections to locate the crude oil buyers and ensure that your allocated crude oil is successfully sold to the buyers. The commissions from the sales will be paid to you since you are the license owner. This commission we will share between us 50:50 thereafter.
Please note:
(1) The NPA-SA issues an oil lifting license with a monthly oil allocation of 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand) barrels of crude oil to each approved license operator. This implies that a total quantity of 500,000 barrels of crude oil will be available to us for sale monthly once we have an oil lifting license approved to your name. Going by the $4.00 commission per barrel, we will be earning a gross monthly commission of US$2 million dollars monthly after the successful sale of our allocated crude oil.
(2) As a staff of NPA-SA, Im not officially allowed to operate/own an oil lifting license under the same company. I'm not also allowed to engage in any out-of-office profit oriented crude oil sale deal under our organization. This best explains why I seek for a partner who will be the face of our partnership (owner of the oil license) while I work from the underground to facilitate the operations in our favor.
Feel free to ask questions for clarification should need be and do get back to me at your earliest convenience.
Yours faithfully,
Engr. Peter Nelson
Procurement Department
National Petroleum Agency SA
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