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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: ENGINEER DAVID JOHNSON OLAJIDE <david_albert01@bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:01:33 -0500
Subject: Good Morning!

Dear Sir,

I must first apolgise to you for communicating with for you the first time via the net as there is a serious awareness/wariness of different Hoax in the internet world today which I would like to be branded as one.

My name is ENGINEER DAVID OLAJIDE,project co.ordinator UP/DOWN STREAM SECTORS OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.This is an Investment Opportunitiesm in the Oil and Gas Industry/business proposal.
The country has put in place a Petroleum and Gas policy with the following objectives.
Increasing oil reserve base and productivity through vigorous exploration and ensuring
judicious exploitation of the resource.
Allowing for private sector participation in all the facets of the industry through attractive fiscal measures. Acquiring reasonable market shares for the crude oil and it derivatives and achievement of domestic refining self-sufficiency. Expanding the utilisation of natural gas. Virtually every sector is open to Investors in the Oil and Gas Industry.

They include:
Up-stream Sector;
Down-stream Sector;
Gas Development and Conversion; and Marketing of Nigerian crude Oil.
The Upstream Sector
Government is giving serious consideration to selling its 57% equity shares in joint venture operations to private investors in areas such as:
Surveying
Geodetic control establishment;
Mapping ? Tropical and planimetric; and
Sea Bottom Survey/Investigation.
Civil Works
Site Surveys;
Preparation of drilling locations;
Construction access roads to drilling locations; and Construction of mud pits and slabbing or concreting jobs at rig sites Supplies of cement, chemicals,sands, grave, iron rod, labour, roadmat, timber, etc. Seismic Data acquisition and interpretation Analysis and interpretation of data acquired from seismic and geodetic surveys such data on soil and rock samples.Geological activities such as Wireline, logging, core analysis, geological and geochemical studies.
Drilling Operations.
Drilling and work-over rigs;
Field transportation and equipment for haulage and rig movements;General and specialized services such as casing running, cementation,welding, diving and catering; and Provision of mud and other chemicals.
Crude Oil transportation and storage
Construction and maintenance of crude oil storage tanks and pipelines.
Exploration and P roduction.
Investors wishing to participate in this venture are welcome. This involves applying for block(s) for exploration through the Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) and the Oil Mining lease (OML).Currently emphasis is being shifted to production Sharing Contract (PSC). The PSC specifies the following arrangement for sharing the crude oil production:
Royalty oil ? calculated according to rates applicable to water depths; Cost oil ? allocation of crude to cover the cost of production by the operator;
Tax oil ? calculated at the flat rate of 50% for the balance of crude;
and Profit oil ? balance of crude remaining after tax oil to be shared between Government and the operator.
However, if the prospector cannot strike oil he bears such burden solely.
Pursuant to the above, the Oil Exploration Licence (OEL) confers on the licensee,
non-exclusive right to explore and investigate a given area by surface geological and
geophysical methods within an area of about 12,944.4 sq km; for an initial period of one year, renewable on expiration.
The oil prospecting licensee (OPL) confers upon the licensee the exclusive rights of
surface and subsurface exploration for petroleum in an area not for PSC, a period of 10 years.
If a commercial discovery of hydrocarbon is made, then the licensee is eligible
to apply for conversion of not more than half of the area into an Oil Mining
Lease (OML). The OML confers on the holder exclusive rights to explore, win, produce
and transport petroleum from the delineated area. The maximum duration of any lease is

20 years, renewable for another years on expiration.
The Down-Stream Sector The Federal government intends to privatize the refineries after an evaluation of the current value of each. Government is also willing to grant licences to competent private investors for the establishment of export oriented refineries in the country.
Refining: Investors can set up and wholly own a refinery Companies with the technological know-how and maintenance of refineries There is tremendous scope for small scale joint venture manufacture of spare parts, and chemicals with technical foreign partners.
Also opportunities exist in the manufacture of other special products such as:
industrial and food grade solvents;
insecticides;
cosmetics;
mineral oil, petroleum jelly greases;
bituminous-based water/damp proof building materials such as floor tiles,rubber products, tapauline, etc;
exports of refined products surplus; asphalt storage, packaging and blending plants to
handle products for export and local use etc.

Prior to all these, some foreign contractors was equally awarded an awesome contracts
that amounted to $130M and out of this sum, the real contract sum is $100M while the
$30M on top was over inflated by us just for our own personal interest. The contractors has duly completed their contracts and their payment effected while the sum of $30M is now floating in a suspense account at Union Bank of Nigeria Plc our official bank awaiting redirection to benficiary's account. You are hereby contacted on this note to equally benefit from this proposal because we shall be given you 30% of the total sum while I and my colleagues shall receive 60%. 10% shall be set out for any expenses that might be incured in the course of securing this foreign exchange cover in your own interest.

On recceipt of your acceptance, I shall then forward to you the necessary protocols and procedures involved. I hope to hear from you soonest.

ENGINEER DAVID OLAJIDE
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR
UP/DOWN STREAM SECTORS OF THE
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

NOTE:PLEASE I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU GET BACK TO ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS:engineeerolajide@fastermail.com










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