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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.Steve Pedro Oil and Gas Limited" <chau009@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:31:13 +0000
Subject: Representative Required

Dear Sir/Madam,

Top of the day to you. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself
to you am Mr Steve Pedro president/founder of OiL & Gas Ltd.we are OPEC
members who deal on crude oil and raw materials and export into the
Canada/America and Europe. I will like to have your assistance to help
collect a cheque that is due for payment to me for services and supplies i
rendered.
Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you to furnish me with
your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. Please, you
have to be an honest and trusted person, as more payments will be made
through you in the course of this transaction.And moreso you will be
entitled to 10% of every payment that you are able to recieve for us
from our customers.
Please contact us for more information via this email:

with the below informations filled out.

NAME...........................................
MAILING ADDRESS.......................
AGE:............................................
STATUS:......................................
STATE/COUNTRY..........................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS.......................
COMPANY NAME..........................
OCCUPATION................................


We look forward in working with you.

CEO
Mr. Steve Pedro
Oil and Gas Ltd
President/Founder

N: B We are very much aware of scams going on all over the Internet and as
such we are assuring you that at no time will you be required to make any
upfront payments of your personal funds to us for whatever reasons, we are
legitimate entrepreneur seeking for a trustworthy foreign
partners/relationship on a long term bases.


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