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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "jerry rooty" <jerryrooty3@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:20:06 +0000
Subject: CRUDE OIL BUSINESS

REF: NPA/O1/SAT/06
FROM: ENGR.JERRY ROOTY (NPA)
DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS ENGR.JERRY ROOTY, I WORK WITH THE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY. TO BE PRECISE, I OVERSEE EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN OPERATIONS FOR THE AGENCY.

MY POSITION IN THE AGENCY ENTITLES EXPLORATION ALLOCATION LICENSES AND I DO RECOMMEND OIL ALLOCATION BIDDERS AND ACTUALIZE OIL LIFTING TO THE FINAL BUYERS AND ALSO TO MY CANDIDATES BASED ON MY INTEREST. IN 2003, I FACILITATED AND ACTUALIZED THE LICENSE OF A CANDIDATE.THIS IS A BUSINESSPERSON 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 DATE. 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 NOW.

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. I ASSUME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ALL THE QUALITIES I NEED FOR THAT PARTNER AS 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$8MILLION 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 THE DATE OF COMPANY INCORPORATION.

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 WHILE EQUITY WILL BE AT THE END OF EVERY ANNUAL QUARTER. PLS NOTE: NO THIRD PARTY ARRANGEMENT SHALL BE ALLOWED.

I BELIEVE YOU ARE A PERSON 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 IF 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.

CURRENTLY I’M IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR A CONFERENCE. KINDLY CALL ME AT +27-73-162-6558, OR YOU CAN CONTACT ME ON MY UNITED KINGDOM ROAMED CONTRACT MOBILE CELLULAR NUMBER: +44-704-012-9917 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.JERRY ROOTY
PHONE: +27 73 162 6558
NATIONAL PETROLEUM AGENCY OF SAO TOME
VISIT US AT: WWW.ANP-STP.GOV.ST
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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