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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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Fraud email example:

From: George Lucas <georglucas07@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 16:15:53 +0200
Subject: URGENT!!!!!

*Greetings To begin, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jeremiah
Wolfe, and I work as a Procurement Category Manager for an oil firm in
South Africa. For a period of 12 months, my company is interested in
acquiring crude oil from the United Arab Emirates in quantities of up to
800,000 barrels per month. It is my obligation to monitor the contract as
the Procurement Category Manager. My goal in contacting you is to establish
a middle man structure between the buyer and the vendor, with the middle
man facilitating all transactions between the two parties. If you're
asking why I need you to carry out this strategy, it's because it's against
my company's operating ethics for an employee to profit personally from the
company's business activities. As a result, I'll need to collaborate with
someone capable and trustworthy who isn't in my personal circle in order to
keep my involvement private. So, my proposal to you is that we work
together to create a middleman structure, with you as the front man and me
operating behind the scenes. We're looking at a business possibility that
will allow us to earn up to $5 per barrel in commissions from each monthly
sale. The contract is for 800,000 barrels of crude every month, which means
we might make up to $4 million per month for the next 12 months. I have
relevant contacts within the upper echelon of the United Arab Emirates for
granting crude oil export licenses to any company or individual I present
for this venture. This is a fantastic opportunity for us to establish
ourselves as global oil industry leaders. Only after getting your response
and confirmation of your interest will I provide full details you can
contact me on direct email address jeremiahwolfe192@outlook.com
<jeremiahwolfe192@outlook.com> Regards, Jeremiah Wolfe Procurement
Category Manager.*

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