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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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  • engrjackcole@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Jack Cloe" <engrjackcole3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: engrjackcole@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:56:59 +0200
Subject: ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR,

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR,


I MAKE THIS INTRODUCTION BASED ON MY REGARD FOR YOUR CREDIBILITY. MY NAME IS
ENGINEER JACK COLE, I WORK WITH THE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE NATIONAL PETROLEUM
AGENCY. TO BE PRECISE, I OVERSEE EUROPE OPERATIONS FOR THE AGENCY.


MY POSITION IN THE AGENCY ENTITLES ME TO RECOMMEND OIL ALLOCATION BIDDERS
AND ACTUALIZE OIL LIFTING AND EXPLORATION ALLOCATION LICENSES TO MY
CANDIDATES BASED ON MY INTEREST.

IN 2003, I FACILITATED AND ACTUALIZED THE LICENSE OF A CANDIDATE. A BUSINESS
MAN FROM IRAQ. THE LICENSE WAS FOR 5 YEAR AT 24 MILLION BBLS/12 MONTHS. DUE
TO REASONS UNKNOWN TO ME, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THIS MAN TILL SINCE
SEPTEMBER 08 2006.


THE LICENSE BEEN VALID TILL DATE (AS I ALWAYS ENSURE THAT I KEEP TO MY SIDE
OF THE BARGAIN), I HAVE DECIDED TO BEGIN USING THE LICENSE FROM THIS MONTH.
I AM IN NEED OF A PARTNER WHOM I CAN TRUST. I WILL PACKAGE THIS PARTNER AS
THE ALLOCATION LICENSE BENEFICIARY. DUE TO MY POSITION IN THE PETROLEUM
AGENCY, I CANNOT HANDLE THIS POSITION. YOU HAVE ALL THE QUALITIES I NEED FOR
THAT PARTNER. THIS IS WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU.

WITH THE CURRENT OF EVENTS IN SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, WE SHALL BE ABLE TO
LIFT A MINIMUM OF 1.5 MILLION BARRELS OF SLCO PER MONTH. THIS WILL FETCH US
AN AVERAGE OF US$80 MILLION PER MONTH. I HAVE READY BUYERS WHO WOULD
SCRAMBLE FOR ANY NUMBER OF BARRELS WE LIFT.

THIS IS WHAT I PROPOSE:

1.YOU PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR COMPANY NAME, WHICH SHALL BE USED IN PLACE OF THE
INITIAL LICENSE OPERATOR.

2.I WILL ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPANY NAME IS RECOGNIZED AS THE LICENSE OPERATOR
AND THAT WE HAVE A LAY CAN DATE FOR AT LEAST MIN OF 1 MILLION BARRELS PER
MONTH, A MAXIMUM OF 2 MILLION BARRELS PER MONTH. STARTING FROM FEBRUARY.

3.I WILL ENSURE THAT ALL LIFTING PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE AND BUYERS READILY
AVAILABLE.

4.YOU STAND IN AS THE LICENSE OPERATOR FOR ALL LIFTING AND SALES
TRANSACTIONS, WE SHALL OPEN AN ACCOUNT FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE OIL SALE
PROCEEDS IN WHICH BOTH OF US SHALL BE SIGNATORIES TO THE ACCOUNT.

5.WE SHALL SPLIT THE OIL SALE PROCEEDS IN THE RATIO OF 50:50 EQUITY SHARE.
EQUITY WILL BE AT THE END OF EVERY ANNUAL QUARTER.

PLS NOTE: NO THIRD PARTY ARRANGEMENT SHALL BE ALLOWED.


I BELIEVE YOU ARE A MAN OF WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE. THIS OFFER I MAKE TO YOU
IS BASED ON UTMOST GOOD FAITH. I COULD BE JEOPARDIZING MY POSITION IN THE
AGENCY IS WORD OF THIS GOES OUT. THEREFORE WITHOUT MINCING WORDS, I RELY ON
YOU FOR UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY ON EVERY BIT OF DETAIL RELATING TO THIS
TRANSACTION.

I WILL BE SENDING THIS LETTER TO YOU BY EMAIL AND FAX. I EXPECT YOUR
RESPONSE VIA EMAIL. MY EMAIL IS engrjackcole@YAHOO.CO.UK

I AM IN LONDON AT THE MOMENT. UPON YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE, I WILL BE WILLING
TO FORWARD TO YOU PROOF OF MY PROPOSITION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US.


WARMLY REGARD
ENGR. JACK COLE

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