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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: RICK CHONG-SENG LIM <petroleumdistribute@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:48:35 +0100
Subject: URGENT CALL TO ACTION. PLEASE REPLY WITH DETAILS.

Good day!

My name is CHONG-SENG RICK LIM, an Engineer with Alliance Oil Company Ltd
the leading independent oil and gas company with vertically
integrated operations in Russia and Kazakhstan. My duty includes awards of
contracts, vetting and making payments on behalf of Alliance Oil Company.

SUBJECT: After due consideration with my colleagues, we have fully agreed
to privately invest extensively in your line of products/services. I am
intending to retire from Alliance Oil Company and return back to the US for
my private business. I decided to contact you for an urgent business
proposal.

I have decided to deal with a neutral person like you because of the nature
of the transaction as I will equally be happy to arrange with you on terms
of trade and possible transfer of the funds needed for the investment into
your company's account or personal account. These funds in question were
incurred as a kick back lifting of crude oil products.

This was a ground plot by selected few at the top to enable them lift crude
oil products through the back door to their foreign counterpart in other to
enrich their individual foreign bank accounts. These money (US$16M) is now
floating in an escrow account as a redundant fund waiting to be claimed.
Hence my soliciting for your assistance to enable us receive this fund into
your company's account or personal account pending when I come over for the
sharing.

To enable me start the process and remittance of the fund into your bank
account successfully within 14 banking days, I need the following
information from you by e-mail: * Beneficiary's name, address, private
telephone/fax number. * Your bank account particulars including your bank
name & address * Company Name & Address, position, age, marital status Note
that as soon as I receive this information it will be forwarded to the
appropriate quarters for final processing and approvals. With the
modalities I have worked out it makes it possible for you to act as the
perceived contractor who executed the contract under Alliance Oil Company
and now waiting to receive his payment and when satisfied by the agencies
your bank account will be credited within 48 banking hours.

This transfer is 100% risk free having done all the underground works
locally for the smooth transfer of the fund into your bank account within
the shortest period. I advised that you should keep this transaction a top
secret and rest all correspondence to e-mail or phone only, because I am
occupying a sensitive position and as you know, this is once in a lifetime
opportunity.

Finally, I want you to assure me that you will work on my instruction and
my own share of the money will be safe. You will be rewarded with 40% of
the total sum for your honest assistance and co-operation 10% for all type
of expense that we both parties might incur during the course of this
transaction and the balance of 50% remain for me and my colleagues.

As a matter of pressing priority and urgent attention, it is imperative you
contact me with the above stated details to enable us proceed as time is of
the essence.

Best regards,

RICK CHONG-SENG LIM.
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