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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Banjo Numvi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <b_bonjonumvi@yahoo.com.br>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:21:31 +0200
Subject: Pls Urgent (Benefits open to the oil wells investor)

Dear Sir,



Going by the Federal Government of Nigeria directive to cede part of the ownership of oil wells and oil fields in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria to the host oil bearing communities, I am glad to inform you about this laudable golden opportunity. In view of this, the Eleme/Opokuma communities in Rivers and Delta States of Nigeria have both mandated me as their Community Relationship Attorney to quickly get an Investor whom they can sign an MOU with to buy, lease or manage 2 functional oil wells within their domain.



Workability of the Agreement:



Every Oil well in Nigeria is owned and managed by the Federal Government in collaboration with her joint venture partners, SHELL, EXXON MOBIL,TEXACO OVERSEAS,TOTAL,AGIP,CHEVRON ETC on a 60/40 sharing arrangement of profit sharing between the Government and the technical partners. Going by the new directive from the Federal Government which is a direct fallout from the increased agitation from the host communities for resource control, the Federal Government of Nigeria decided to cede 40% equity holding right of ownership to oil bearing and host communities. It is for this reason that the community mandated me to seek for a genuine, reliable and willing Investor who will come here and partner with them on the 40% equity holding. The partnership can be in form of outright sale of the wells, lease or management of the wells.



The 2 wells in question have a combined production capacity of 200,000 barrels of bonny light crude oil per day. In figurative representation, the wells will produce a total of 6 million barrels per month and 40% of this production is owned by the Investor.



Benefits open to the Investor:



The Investor shall take the 40% equity holding of the well production in event the Investor want a complete purchase of the wells. In this regard, the Investor shall pay to the community such money as agreed by both parties. The Investor shall also be responsible for all government fess and levies.



If the Investor wants to lease, he shall also pay the community such lease amount as agreed while the Investor shall share the 40% profit of the production with the host community if the Investor wants to manage the oil wells.



I only want to be contacted by genuine, willing and reliable Investors or their direct agents. If you are serious, contact me ASAP lets work together and utilize this opportunity for maximum returns but please if you cannot handle such a transaction, do not contact me as we do not have time to waste.

Contact Email:( b_bonjonumvi@yahoo.com.br)



Thank you,

Barrister Banjo Numvi

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