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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: "Kelvin Williams" <honourablewilliams@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kelvin_projectmanage@myway.com
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:39:21 +0000
Subject: Crude Oil Partnership

My Dear Friend,
I am pleased to write you this message through this means, please be
informed that I am a Private person (Project Manager) and a Local
Investor
or Businessman, we are Five Businessmen who are into a Joint
Partnership
here and we want to go into the Exporting of Crude Oil Abroad to ready
Markets which are available to us.
On this note we are Seeking for anyone whom we can Trust and that will
be
Acting as our Foreign Partner because the Government here in our
Country in
Collaboration with the Ministry of Petroleum gave a strong Guideline
which
must be met before an Exporting License can be granted,it is stated
that we
must have a Foreign Partner before the License can be given/granted.
Also we
want to front you as our Partner if you are willing to Assist us, so
that we
can be Granted the Permission/License to go into that Venture ASAP.
We will start-up all the Necessary Documentations which will take about
3
days with your Full Co-operations in this regards. Also be informed
that,there are some Funds which my Colleagues (Shareholders) got as a
result
of a kick back from a Project they once Executed with a Foreign Firm on
behalf of the Government and they want to Invest this Funds in this
Deal,
and they didnt want the Authorities here to know that they are involved
in
Crude Oil Exportation and that is why I am the Project Manager of the
Partnership.
It may interest you to know that we are serious in this Transaction, we
are
going to Front you as the Beneficiary of this Funds to the relevant
Authorities here, thereby transferring to you the Rights & Priviledges
of
the Former Foreign Firm that Handled the Project; then you will be
Assumed
as the Beneficiary of the outstanding Balance of US$45 Million and you
are
Entitled to 10% of the sum which is US$4.5 Million, which is Provided
by my
Colleagues for the Purpose of this Transaction and you are Required to
send/Remit back to us the remaining balance which will stand as a Proof
to
the Authorities here that Truly you are our Foreign Partner in
thisPartnership.

On this note, please you have to be Confidential about the Funds
because my
colleagues are still in active service in their various ministries were
the
Funds originated from and they dont want the authorities here to know
that,
they inflated the project sum initially which resulted to the US$45
Million
outstanding we want to remit into your Bank Account, which will be
used/invested on this Crude Oil Business.
My dear friend this is a deal that will change our status in life and
we
dont want anything to jeopardise this transaction, so you have to be
confidential about this deal, until we have secure the License for
Exporting
the Products to any ready and available Market/Buyers that we can
Source for
in the World. Also on the issue of the Exportation of the Crude Oil, we
are
offering you 10% of the Profit after Taxation of every Transaction we
make
at the end of every 3 months through your Effects.On this note,what you
are
Required to do for us so that we can Forge ahead in this Deal, is for
you to
Furnish me with the information Below so that we can get the Funds
Transfered to you immediately through any Corresponding Bank within 3-5
days
ASAP, below are
the informations Required;-
1) FULL NAMES
2) CONTACT ADDRESS
3) TEL & FAX NUMBERS
4) BANKING PARTICULARS
5) DRIVER'S LICENSE
With the above Details of yours I will Process some vital Documents
that
will enable the funds to be transfered to the Bank Account that you
will
Provide for this Purpose, please if there is any Question you may want
to
ask, be free to Direct them to me ASAP.
My Regards.
(HON)Kelvin Williams
(Project Manager)


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