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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- rose.trevor99@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Rose Trevor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <trevor.rosee66@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:50:34 +0100
Subject: Hello
Excuse my intruding,
I work as the Director, Logistics Department for the South African Petroleum & Pipelines Authority (S.A.N.P.P.A). A Government body in-charge of crude oil and petroleum exploration and distribution in South Africa.
In 2009 I assisted a client to secure a crude oil sales license of 2 million barrels per month capacity for 5 years from this agency. Unfortunately the license is presently up for re-assignment due to my client's incapacitation. I have a good rapour with the senior management of the South African Petroleum & Pipelines Authority that can guarantee a successful re-assignment of the license to you/your company.
The benefits on this license is a statutory commission payout of $2.00 per barrel sold from the license. Plus additional payments from discount negotiations with buyers. Every month we get allocation, we should take home a gross income of about $5M.
I have a vast network of buyers who will purchase any quantity of monthly allocation of crude oil we get on our license within a snap of the finger. We will share the proceeds from the license operations on a monthly basis 50/50. I am not capable of dealing alone on this license because of my position in the agency. As Government workers, We are not allowed to engage in insider trading, license acquisition and operations etc. This is why I need us to work together. Let me know if you are interested to work with me on this project.
Trevor Rose,
rose.trevor99@yahoo.com
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