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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: Emirates Petroleum Products Company <eppco_pro@rediffmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:11:54 +0400
Subject: OFFER : TO BE OUR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LEGAL AGENT


Emirates Petroleum Products Company,
P.O.Box 451,
Dubai,United ArabEmirate.
I am Mrs. Jane Chung, The Public Relation Officer (PRO.)of
the above company. This company is into the Exportation of Crude
Oil, Minerals and other petroleum extracts. This company
isestablished under the Company and Allied Matter with the
CorporateAffairs Commissions of the United Arab Emirates.
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you
hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. we are interested
in employing your services to work with us as a private payment
agent that can help us establish a medium of receiving payment for
Oil that was supplied to our customers in your location,as the company
is already experiencing difficulties in receiving payments from them.
Most of our dealers pay out in cheques and money orders and we do not
have an account in your country that will clear this money.
It is upon this note that we seek your assistance to stand in as our
representative in your country. It is important to let you know that,
as our representative, you will receive 12% of whatever amount you clear
for the company and the balance will be for the company.
We awaiting your reply through this email address:eppco_pro@rediffmail.com,
We shall treat your reply as urgent as possible.
Thanks for your time and remain blessed.

Mrs.Jane Chung.
Emirates Petroleum Products Company.
United Arab Emirate

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