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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: "CRUDE OIL SALE VENTURE" <mpepple@att.net>
Reply-To: drmikepepple@live.com
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:29:59 +0000
Subject: CRUDE OIL SALE VENTURE

Good Day,

My name is Mr. Mike Pepple.I am the representative of the National Petroleum Agency of Sao Tome & Principe in it`s United Kingdom liason
office in Abeerden,Scotland.

This message is to introduce you to this prospective crude oil sales license venture. I m offering you partnership in a crude
oil sales license project under the umbrella of the National Petroleum Agency of Sao Tome & Principe.
For this license, we have to register either your company or a joint company with the operators board of the Oil Company and
then re-assign an already unused allocated crude oil sale license to the company. Then start sales operations. We will be
acting in the capacity of crude oil sales agent/mandate to the Governemnt of Sao Tome & Principe.

As sales mandate, we shall be entitled to $2.50 per barrel on any volume of crude oil sold from our license. The license has
a sales capacity of 2 Million barrels of crude oil per month and a duration of 5 years. The target is $5 Million monthly
income.

Our role in the venture is to introduce buyers to the National Petroleum Agency of Sao Tome & Principe. Seal the contract between the both
parties and ensure the shipments are carried out timely.

My role is to:

1. Package your company for the license
2. Ensure that your company gets the license.
3. Ensure that our monthly sales allocations are approved timely.
4. Ensure we have ready, willing and able buyers standby to buy off our monthly allocations.
5. Supervise loadings/ shipments to ensure timely deliveries to buyers.
6. Ensure commission payouts are remitted/paid timely.

Your Role is to:
1. Provide the company for the license.
2. Act as the face for our partnership . You will be communicating with the National Petroleum Agency of Sao Tome & Principe

and Buyers directly but under my directions.
3. Fund the registration and operation process for the company.
4. Receive payments from commission proceeds after each monthly sales.
5. Disburse my funds accruing from the license timely every month.

This proceeds/commissions will be shared 50/50 between the both of us at the end of every sales operation/monthly.
You may be asking why I need you for this venture and I explain as follows, As a senior officer of the Oil Company and the
Governemnt of Sao Tome & Principe,I am not allowed to operate a crude oil sales license or engage in any profitable business
of this nature. Furthermore, I need an investor who is committed to the venture/partnership, who will act as the face of our
partnership, while I work from the backstage to facilitate our operations. I believe these briefings above. Should give you
the picture of what this venture is all about.

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask me. Hoping to hear back from you at your earliest convenience.

Please send your reply to my private email address below:
drmikepepple@live.com


Regards,
Mr.Mike Pepple
Hydro Carbons Department
National Petroleum Agency of Sao Tome & Principe.
United Kingdom Liason office.
Email: drmikepepple@live.com


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