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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: "Engr Greg Dlomo" <engrdlomo_esq@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:08:32 -1200
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE

From: Engr.Greg Dlomo
Product & Marketing Department
ANP-STP, Johannesburg Liaison Office
Tel: +27719349196



Attn: Sir/Madam,


My message is to introduce you to this highly prospective
crude oil sale venture. What do I mean? I propose that we
become partners in a crude oil sales project under the
umbrella of the National Petroleum Agency of Sao Tome and
Principe, Johannesburg Liaison Office. In this project, we
will register either your company or a joint company with
the operational board unit of the Petroleum Agency;
re-assign an already allocated crude oil sale license to the
company and act as representative of the Petroleum Agency in
selling of crude oil to the end buyers.


With my network in the agency, I have assisted Snitch
Services, a company base in Australia and operated by Mr.
David Russell to secure a crude oil sale license allocation
in 2005. This license allocation is for the sale of 120
Million Barrels of Bonny Light Crude Oil [BLCO] for a total
period of 5 years. The license allows him to sale a maximum
of 2 Million barrels of BLCO per transaction/shipment. Mr.
David Russell could not actualize his dream in this project
as he could not find buyers whom will buy the crude from his
allocation on a normal "Free on Board” and did not have
the financial strength to sale on a Cost, Insurance &
Freight [CIF] sales transaction. In the normal FOB sales
transaction, the crude oil buyers normally arrive the
loading port of the seller with their own vessel to buy the
crude while the seller has to buy or hire a vessel to
deliver the crude to the end buyers in a CIF sales
transaction. Mr. David Russell was unfortunately struck by
stroke which made him to be incapable of involving in active
business.


My proposal entails packaging you as the crude oil sales
license beneficiary to Mr. Russell. We would re-assign the
sale license to your company's name. This will give us the
mandate of the agency to act as their crude oil sales
agents/representative. The re-assignment of the crude oil
sale license allocation your company will give us the
privilege to operate as first lifters/sellers of crude oil
from the block. This attracts a US$2.00 discount per barrel.
This $2.00 discount per barrel is our commissions from the
agency. Example: The prize of the product per barrel is
presently $120.00. We will receive the product from the
agency at $118.00 per barrel and sell to the end buyers on
the normal market prize of $120.00 per barrel thereby making
a commission of $2.00 per each barrel of crude sold to the
end buyers. Also being able to get final buyers entitles us
also to a US$1.00 discount from the discount given to the
end buyer as "mandates". As we are going to be selling a
maximum of 2 million barrels per month from the block,
US$2.00 discount from local petroleum agency sums up to US$4
million per month. And US$1.00 discount from the end buyer
comes to US$2 million per month. This totals to US$6 million
gross coming to our group per transaction/per month. On
equity sharing ration, both of us will be netting in a cool
US$6 Million as profits monthly. This proceeds known as
commissions will be shared equally on equity between the
both of us at the end of every sales operation month. This
implies that shall both go home with US$3 Million each.


As a staff of the agency, am not officially allowed to
operate a crude oil sales license or engage in any personal
profit oriented crude oil deal under the same agency were I
work. This is why I seek a partner whom I can assist to
secure the license and work as a facilitating partner in
arranging for all the sales transaction between the agency
and the end buyers and also ensure that the commissions from
the sales is paid out to my partner in due time. These
commissions we will share equally as equity partners. My
obligations as the facilitating partner is to work from
underground to make sure that the license is transferred to
your company's name, make sure that all the 2 million
barrels is completely sold to the end buyers and also ensure
that our commissions is directed to your company's banking
co-ordinates as the license holder. This project is highly
prospective and presently the most legitimate money making
machinery someone can set up. Hoping to hear back from you
at your earliest convenience.

Yours proposed partner,



Engr.Greg Dlomo.




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