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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: CRUDESHELL OIL & GAS COMPANY UK <crudeshell@live.com>
Reply-To: info@cdpetroleumoil.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:21:53 +0900
Subject: FROM CRUDE SHELL OIL & GAS COMPANY UK


Dear Sir/Madam,
We are contacting you base on investment opportunity. We would like to
use this moment to inform you about this available proposal that shall
benefit you and this company largely at the end of the transaction.
Our Company is the United Kingdom OIL & GAS Company. We would also
have to inform you that at the end of every year, this company
generates fund profit and deposit the fund in the bank. Meanwhile,
this company has the saving sum amount of one hundred Million Great
Britain Pounds (GBPS 100,000, 000) in the bank presently. Moreover,
the company has been saving this fund with the bank for many years ago
until now. Perhaps, at the end of our last meeting in the office, the
company had agreed and decided to invest this fund in overseas. But we
are in search of a reliable individual/sector in overseas that we
shall recommend as a foreign business partner so that we can be able
to transfer the fund into his/her country of location. We want to know
if you are interested in this business, to enable you stand as this
company business partner to represent this company in your country, so
that the company will transfer this fund to you into your country. As
soon as you receive this fund in your country, you are going to have
30% commission of the total fund which shall be your compensation
benefit from the total fund transferred to you from the company
account, meanwhile, the remaining 70% shall be used to set up the
investment in your country. Perhaps, we would appreciate your kind
effort to let us know any kind of business that would be suitable to
invest this fund into in your country. Also note that, this investment
shall be owned between you and this company, as business ethic
demands, this company and you shall abide on joint agreement in
business partnership which shall states approve evidence to show that
the investment empire that is about to establish in your country shall
be owned/belonged to the company and also you henceforth. Please take
note that, after the establishment of the investment in your country,
you shall be receiving 20% commission allowance benefit at the end of
every month as our overseer?s business partner in representing the
company business/investment empire in your country. We would honor
your kind understanding towards this investment proposal and also
welcoming your reply at the company e-mail addresses below:
E-mail:info@cdpetroleumoil.com & E-mail:cdoil@instruction.com

Best Regards?
The crude shell Oil & Gas Company United Kingdom


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