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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!

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From: =?UTF-8?B?IkVuZ3IuRGFyaW8gTWFydGVsIFJhbW9zIg==?= <isaacnkosi57@terra.com.co>
Date:
Subject:


Oil license NO 789749/C-STP

Reply Email: engrdamara@hotmail.com<= br>
This is a confidential business offer from the oil rich Sao Tome and=   Principe .  Please ensure that you reply this email strictly at= engrdamara@hotmail.com
I make this introduction based on my regard for = your credibility. My  name is Engr. Dario Martel Ramos. I work with th= e Sao Tome and Principe national petroleum agency.


To be precise= , I oversee the issuance of oil allocation license for our oil company. My = position in the agency entitles me to recommend oil allocation bidders and = actualize oil lifting and exploration allocation licenses to my candidates = based on my interest. I also oversea and approve the issuance of the licens= e for oil allocation in our company and also monitor the lifting procedures= in our company.

 
In June 2007, I facilitated and actualize= d the license of a candidate. A business man from Korea (Comprehensive deta= ils to be provided subsequently).The license was for 1 year at 24 million B= BLS/12 months. Incidentally the candidate was no more. The license has been= valid till date (as I always ensure that I keep to my side of the bargain)= , I have decided to begin using the license from APRIL 2014. I am in need o= f a partner from your country whom I can trust. I will package this partner= as the allocation license beneficiary and assign the license to this partn= er. Due to my position in the petroleum agency, I cannot handle this positi= on. Your profile fits into the criteria of a partner I need. This is why I = am contacting you. With the trend of events in Sao Tome and Principe , we s= hall be able to lift a minimum of 300,000 barrels of BLCO per month. This w= ill fetch us an average of US$28 million per month. And we have from APRIL = 2014 up until APRIL 2015 to lift crude oil whic!
h will fetch us approxi= mately (12) x (28) Million dollars. Which is approximately 336 Million doll= ars for the rest of the time of the license allocation.  I have ready = buyers who are waiting and would be ready to  scramble for any number = of barrels we lift. Also I will oversee all lifting procedures with the ava= ilable mercenary around.


This is what I propose:


1. Y= our company profile shall be used in place of the initial license Operator.= This I shall handle with my capacity in the company.


2. I will = ensure that your company's profile is recognized as the current license ope= rator and that we have a mandate for at least min of 300,000 barrels per mo= nth, a maximum of 500,000 barrels per month. Starting from APRIL.

3. I will ensure that all lifting procedures are in place and buyers read= ily available to purchase the product.

 
4. You shall stand = in as the license operator for all lifting and sales transactions; we shall= open an account for the receipt of the oil sale proceeds in which both of = us shall be signatories to the account or you can provide your personal or = company bank account to receive the payments on our behalf.
 
5. We shall split the oil sale proceeds in the ratio of 60:40 equity shar= es. I shall be entitled to 60% share while your company shall be entitled t= o 40% share.

Please note: no third party arrangement shall be allowe= d. I believe you are a man of wisdom and intelligence.


This offe= r I make to you is based on utmost good faith. I could be Jeopardizing my p= osition in the agency if a word of this goes out.

Therefore without = mincing words, I rely on you for utmost confidentiality on every bit of det= ail relating to this transaction.

Please reply this email strictly a= t engrdamara@hotmail.com

I am in London on official duties at the mo= ment waiting for your response. Upon your positive response, I will be will= ing to forward to you proof of my proposition and my personal identity. Als= o I shall fly back to Sao Tome and Principe and from there we shall commenc= e operations. I shall also provide you details of the former license operat= or and a copy of the license issued to him for the lifting of crude oil in = our company which I personally approved and endorsed. Also procedures for l= icense
reassignment and actualizing the rest of the project shall be pro= vided to you.

Please in response to this email, quote the reference = number:
Oil license NO 789749/C-STP

I look forward to a prospecti= ve business relationship between us.

Thanks

Engr. Dario Marte= l Ramos




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