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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:

Fraud email example:

From: MR ANTHONY KUJA <unnianilkumar10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kilo5358@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:33:48 +0200
Subject: NOCL OIL LICENSE

Good Morning,

Please permit me to introduce myself. I am MR ANTHONY KUJA. I am an expert
and specialist in the oil industry as an independent Feasibility/Project
Management Consultant to oil refineries and other oil industries in
Southern African, East Africa and some parts of Asia. Our mandate includes
identifying specific licensed crude oil export/ marketing firms and
recommending these firms to the oil refineries for supply of crude oil to
the refineries.

On my desk is a mandate from one of the refineries to arrange for crude oil
purchase from Libya for up to 2,000,000 barrels on monthly bases for 12
calendar months. The essence of my reaching out to you is the fact that I
am in the process of building a middle man structure to mediate between the
2 parties involved before the contract is signed. You may be wondering why
I cannot do it by myself right? The honest fact is that as a consultant to
these oil refineries, we are not allowed to act as suppliers of crude oil
to them as well, hence the reason I need 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 back to guide you. Our
commission/brokerage as middle persons is between $2 - $3 per barrel as
case may be. So if the target of 2M barrels is met monthly we stand to
share $4M - $6M every month for a span of 12 months with possible extension.

Worry less about the speedy sales as I have contacts within oil producing
country's top officials for license of crude oil export/lifting to any firm
I present for this business. Therefore, if you are able to handle this
transaction with honesty and integrity, you should come back to me
immediately for more details. Your urgent response is highly needed and you
can reach me on the following email address below

Regards.


MR ANTHONY KUJA
EMAIL - anthonykuja219@gmail.com
Independent Feasibility/Project Management Consultant
Oil Refining Companies Africa/Asia

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