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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: "Eric Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ericsmith2@mynet.com>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 08:00:26 -0700
Subject: JOB FOR YOU

Optima Integrated Energy Services
Address: Centurion Court
North Esplanade West
Aberdeen

United Kingdom
AB11 5QH
Fax: +447092983689
Telephone: +442071475254 ; +447024042773
Contact: Eric Smith

Sectors: Consultant Services Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Drilling Electronics Services Engineering Services Other Services Staffing Services
Job Offer: Optima Integrated Energy Services is pleased to offer you a job. We trust that your knowledge, skills and experience will be among our most valuable assets. Should you accept this job offer, per company policy you'll be eligible to receive the following beginning on your hire date.
Salary: Annual gross starting salary of £148,499.00 paid in monthly installments by your choice of check or direct deposit.
Allowance: Thirty percent of your annual gross salary paid by your choice of check or direct deposit

Performance Bonuses: Up to three percent of your annual gross salary, paid quarterly by your choice of check or direct deposit.

Stock Options: Optima Integrated Energy Services stock options in your first year, fully vested in four years at the rate of 125 shares per year


Benefits: Standard, Optima Integrated Energy Services -provided benefits for employees, including the following:
o Retirement account
o Annual stock options
o Child day-care assistance
o Education assistance
o Health, dental, life and disability insurance
o Profit sharing
o Sick leave
o Vacation and personal day

If you accept this job offer, your hire date will be on the day that you attend new-hire orientation. Plan to work for the remainder of the business day after new-hire orientation ends. We at Optima Integrated Energy Services hope that you'll accept this job offer and look forward to welcoming you aboard. Feel free to call the main numbers above during normal business hours.
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Description:
Optima Integrated Energy Services

An integrated energy service company providing a full range of operations and maintenance support services, maintenance optimization expertise and high caliber personnel for the oil and gas industry from design and pre-operations through to mature asset management. Our extensive experience in these areas has been gained over many years of consistently delivering a managed and dependable service.
Providing added value to companies throughout the oil and gas industry

Crandall Maintenance Optimization

Optima’s Maintenance Optimization division, provides innovative, high quality, value-adding services to its clients, which include many of the oil and gas operators, petrochemical and utility companies. This service is delivered through Crandall.
Combining engineering expertise with innovation and the latest developments in information technology and software, Crandall delivers added value at every phase of an asset’s lifecycle, from design and pre-operations through to post-plateau production, ensuring the most appropriate operating strategy for the asset is in place throughout its working life.

Integrated Operation & Maintenance

Optima’s Integrated Operations and Maintenance division provides a full range of support services to the oil & gas industry, both offshore and onshore, including fully outsourced Operations and Maintenance, development of maintenance and inspection campaigns, and the provision of competent implementation personnel offshore supported by committed onshore project personnel.
Extensive experience in these areas has been gained over many years of successfully delivering value and savings to oil and gas operating companies.

Turbo-machinery Services

The combination of Optima’s core maintenance capabilities together with its extensive turbo-machinery knowledge delivers an OEM independent, professional turbo-machinery services that generate significant value for the operator. These services range from simple operational queries to overhaul management and long-term health care contracts to maintain complete powergen & compression packages managed by dedicated engineers both on and offshore.

Optech Resource Solutions

Optima’s Optech Recourse Solutions division is a leading provider of personnel for the drilling, engineering and design-contracting sector of the oil and gas industry. Since being established in 1988, it has built a solid reputation for the supply of high caliber personnel and achieved “Preferred Agency” status with many operators and Support Company’s in the industry. Speed of response is given high priority, rigorous screening processes applied, allowing Technical Services to provide its clients with a swift, reliable high quality service at a reasonable cost.







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