419 scam: "Benjamin Dell"<benjmdell@niyu.jp> RE: Oil Business Inquiry

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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!

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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.
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:
- ",000,000" (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.
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.
- benjmdell@engineer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Benjamin Dell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benjmdell@engineer.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 18:39:22 +0200
Subject: RE: Oil Business Inquiry

Good day

I would like to introduce you to a business of oil supply as I have a lucrative offer that would be of benefit to us.

I work for Supreme Oil & Gas Co. Ltd. Malta as a procurement supervisor. Supreme Oil & Gas Co. Ltd. Malta is engaged in the supply of gas oil and diesel oils for the marine and industrial
transport use, situated in the Republic of Malta / Europe and a common border with Libya and most Northern African Countries.

As I said, I believe that we could take advantage of the high price of gas oil/petrol in Southern Africa countries of South Africa andZimbabwe respectively, to our own benefit. Please Read: https://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/petrol_price_hike

On my desk is a mandate to arrange for Oil purchase from Republic of SouthAfrica and Zimbabwe for up to 2,000,000 barrels on monthly bases for 12calendar months.

This purchase is what we call a back door purchase / black market in oil market, my colleagues and I have been conducting this back door supplies /black market oil supply to most big companies in South Africa and Zimbabwe including private mines, agriculture and manufacturing companies for use on their plants in times like this when the normal petrol prize is high.

The reason for my reaching out to you is because of we in the process of establishing a middle man structure to mediate between the 2 parties involved (our Company and the Companies in Southern Africa) before any contract is signed.

You may be wondering why I cannot do it myself. The honest fact is that an employee working for this company, it is against our company operational ethics/policy for an employee to be involved or profit in any financial dealings with our Company hence I am looking for a trustworthy person outside my work circle in order to maintain a discreet profile.

I wish to extend this partnership to you my friend to build a middle man structure with you while I work from the background to guide you. Our commission/brokerage as the middle man is between $2 - $3 per barrel so if the target of 2M barrels is met monthly we stand to share $4M - $6M every month for a span of 12 months.

Contact me on the email address below if you are interested in this deal so that I can give you further details.

Benjamin Dell
Procurement Supervisor
Crude Oil & Products Trading Division
E-mail: benjmdell@engineer.com
Tel: +356 2778 2750

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