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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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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: cosmooilcompany101@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 04:16:36 -0300
Subject: Business Administrative Consultant ? Outsourcing.



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Cosmo Oil Company Limited
1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, Japan.
webpage: www.cosmo-oil.co.jp

Hello,

Cosmo Oil Company Limited (COC), a petroleum base company is currently
interested in employing your services as a Business Administrative
Consultant ? Outsourcing. We are sitting on a $320 million venture
dealing for Jet A-1 aviation fuel storage farm and heavy equipment,
Initial construction services are still in progress.

It is time to initiate the next step in the process. Would you like to
be involved? You could work full-time or part-time and keep your
current Job. This Part-Time position will require you to receive funds
from us and our partners and make payment for oil products. A
self-allocated maximum time, less than 10-hours weekly is desired,
hence you will be able to keep your current Job. I contacted you after
going through your profile and feel convince I can work with you.

1. JOB DESCRIPTION;

Sole duty will be in business representation in purchase of oil
products and payment collections.

2. Payment to Consultant;

  A-:  Salary- Cosmo Oil Company Limited shall pay you a monthly
salary of $8,000 by bank cheque delivered to your address at the end
of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement commencing 30
days from signed appointment letter by Cosmos Oil Company Limited. You
will also receive 3% from every payment you collect on behalf of Cosmo
Oil Company Limited.

B- All fees, including local tax will be handled by us. Details of
your personal or co-operate accounts are not needed in this Job.

Please indicate your interest by sending us the information below;

Full Name -:
Complete Physical Address with Postal Code -:
Private Telephone Number -:
Alternative Email, if any -:
Gender -:
Age -:
Current Job -:
Company name, if you own any -:

On behalf of Cosmo Oil Company Limited. (COC)., Please accept my
heartfelt welcome and delight having you on the team, we will be
sending you an employment letter once we receive the above information
from you.

Sincerely yours,
Yaichi Kimura (Chairman, Representative Director)
Cosmo Oil Company Limited (COC)

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