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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • engrpedrocarlos555@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr Pedro" <engrpedrocarlos1@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: engrpedrocarlos555@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 03:50:18 -0700
Subject: Confidential Business offer


Confidential Business offer
Re: STP/289749/C-Oil
Reply Email: engrpedrocarlos555@yahoo.fr

This is a confidential business offer from the oil rich Sao Tome and
Principe .
Please ensure that you reply this email strictly at
engrpedrocarlos555@yahoo.fr
I make this introduction based on my regard for your credibility. My name is
Engr. Pedro Carlos. I work with the Sao Tome and Principe national petroleum
agency.

To be precise, I oversee the issuance of oil allocation license for our oil
company.
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. I also oversea and approve the issuance of
the license for oil allocation in our company and also monitor the lifting
procedures in our company.

In JUNE 2007, I facilitated and actualized the license of a
candidate. A business man from Korea (Comprehensive details to be provided
subsequently) . The license was for 1 years at 24 million BBLS/12 months.
Incidentally the candidate was no more.
The license has 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 FEB. I
am in need of a partner from your country whom I can trust. I will package
this partner as the allocation license beneficiary and assign the license to
this partner. Due to my position in the petroleum agency, I cannot handle
this position. Your profile fits into the criteria of a partner I need. This
is why I am contacting you.
With the trend of events in Sao Tome and Principe , we shall be able to lift
a minimum of

300,000 barrels of SLCO per month . This will fetch us an average of US$12
million per month. And we have from JUNE 2008 up until JUNE 2009 to lift
crude oil which will fetch us approximately (12) x (7) Million dollars.
which is approximately 84 Million dollars for the rest of the time of the
license allocation. I have already a buyers who are waiting and would be
ready to scramble for any number of barrels we lift. Also I will oversee
all lifting procedures with the available mercenary around.
This is what I propose:
1. Your company profile shall be used in place of the initial license
Operator . This I shall handle with my capacity in the company.

2. I will ensure that your company's profile is recognized as the current
license operator and that we have a mandate for at least min of 300,000
barrels per month, a maximum of 500,000 barrels per month.Starting from MAY.
3. I will ensure that all lifting procedures are in place and buyers readily
available to purchase the product.
4. You shall 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 60:40 equity shares.
I shall be entitled to 60% share while your company shall be entitled to 40%
share.
Please 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.

Please reply this email strictly at engrpedrocarlos555@yahoo.fr
I am in Canada at the moment waiting for your response. Upon your positive
response, I will be willing to forward to you proof of my proposition and my
personal identity. Also I shall fly back to Sao Tome and Principe and from
there we shall commence operations. I shall also provide you details of the
formal license operator and a copy of the license issued to him for the
lifting of crude oil in our company which I personally approved and
endorsed. Also procedures for license reassignment and actualizing the rest
of the project shall be provided to you.
Please in response to this email, quote the reference number:
STP/289749/C-Oil
I look forward to a prospective business relationship between us.
Thanks
Engr Pedro Carlos

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