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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: "Kevin Teng" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <k_teng@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19.40.00 +0100
Subject: Crude Oil Sales License Approval...


Attention,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone through your remarkable profile on the internet and as one of the leading profit oriented companies which I intend investing part of my money into any profitable business you will introduce.This medium (Internet) has been greatly abused but i chose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this Correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a
hoax or Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with the seriousness it deserves. I also guarantee you that this business is hitch free from all what you may think of.

I propose that we become partners in a crude oil sales project under the umbrella of Sonangol Oil agency Angola, Hong Kong Liaison Office. In this project, we will register either your company or a joint company with theoperational 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. This business project entitles the license owner to net in THREE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS every month for five years as our proceeds. The license can be
re-assigned to the beneficial company if we wish to continue operation afterthe stated five years. I will send you comprehensive details if you are interested in this money spilling business. 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 where I work.This is why I seek a partner whom I can assist to secure


Yours proposed partner,
Mr. Kevin Teng

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