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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: mail_wespexoil@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:32:30 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CAN=20WE=20WORK=20WITH=20YOU?=

Wespex Oil International
Plot 24 Idumagbo Avenue
Lekki, Lagos.


Dear sir ,

I am the managing director of the aboue oil company.
We are licensed
to refina crude oil and the maximum capacity which we
produce and utilize daily is 100,000 barrels per
day.We are also licensed to import petroleum products
which we sale to independent marketers.

Recently, the Federal Government issued out a notice
concerning oil companies,which we discover will affect
our operation scorn in our area of operation or become
another victim of politics just like what happens
to yukos oil in Russia.

Wespex Oil International has concluded plans to
transfer part of its fund deposited with the National
Trust Bank Plc to a foreigner who will stand as
consultant to wespex oil International. In this case,
the reason for the transfer will be that wespex oil
International is paying for services provided them
internationally or as payment for supplying our
company equipments.

I therefore solicit your assistance to accept this
proposal in order to help us hold this fund before out
account is frozen for we know that the government is
after assets.The whole drama started when we opposed
the incessant increment of petroleum products by the
government when we fully know that the cost of
prodution locally here is far below what the
government is telling the people.we need you to stand
for us in this regard so that we can obtain an
authorization to transfer fund to you have gotten the
reason why we have to.

In the end,you shall be compensated for this help.
The total amount we are mapping out for transfer is
us$82.7 million.we be glad if this will be well
appreciated


Yours faithfully,

Mr.Ola Bode
Managing Director, Wespex Oil International.














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