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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.

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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • fiberiaoil@fiberia.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Chris Adamu" <chris_adamu03@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:34:05 +0700
Subject: Contact Us Amarjit Singh

FIBERIA OIL EXPLORATION UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Fiberia Oil Exploration UK Ltd
New Liverpool House
2nd Floor,15 Eldon Street
London
EC2M 7LD
United Kingdom


Dear Amarjit Singh,

NOEL 2006/2007. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you, I
am Mr. Chris Adamu President of Fiberia Oil Exploration UK Ltd. we deal on
crude oil and raw material and export into the various continents. I will
want to solicit for your assistance to help collect a check that is due for
payment to me for services and supplies I rendered to customers in
America,Canada and Europe.

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 more so you will be entitled to
10% of every payment that you are able to receive for us from our customers.

Please contact us for more information via email with the below in
formations filled out.

NAME:
MAILING ADDRESS:
AGE:
STATUS:
STATE/COUNTRY:
TEL NUMBER (Personal):
FAX NUMBERS:
COMPANY NAME (If any):
OCCUPATION:

Reply back to our company e-mail at: fiberiaoil@fiberia.com
We look forward in working with you.

CEO
Mr. Chris Adamu.
President.

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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