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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: "Engr. James Cromwell" <admin@sunwinchem.com>
Reply-To: engrjc1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:43:42 +0900
Subject: A Business Partnership Proposal for you



--
Hello,

How are you and I hope this email met you at a perfect time in terms of
your mood? I am writing to propose a business partnership on crude oil
sales under the umbrella of Sonangol Limited here in the United Kingdom.
I am presently working as a chemical / industrial engineer for Sonangol
Liaison office here in Sonangol Ltd, United Kingdom and I have a
proposal for you. I have a project am working on and am seeking a
partner that I can Trust, someone who's reliable, business minded for
this partnership. This project is highly productive in terms of the
monthly commission you and I stand to make. When am talking about highly
productive am talking about a business venture that would change lives
and there's nothing illegal about my proposal and If you permit me I'll
explain so you can have an idea of what this partnership entails.

My proposal:

I need a "Front man" to operate an already existing license and this is
where you come in as my partner. The existing crude oil lifting license
belongs to a client of mine; Mr. Roman Miroslav, a director and sole
owner of the company of his company in Russia. Unfortunately, Mr. Roman
Miroslav cannot be active in business at this present moment because
he's seriously ill with stroke and he has asked and given me the go
ahead to seek a partner to assist me in my quest for this project by
using the said crude oil lifting license on his behalf. My proposal is
perfectly 100% legal because there are so many businesses and corporate
bodies all over the world flaunting having people as "Front men" while
the real owners choose to remain anonymous. I know this sound too good
to be true but trust me it's 100% true and genuine. So you have
absolutely nothing to worry about on the authenticity of this project.
Like I said...This license will give us the sole mandate to lift and
sell the c
rude vessel under the umbrella of sonangol Limited and offcourse with my
supervision as your inside man.

Your Role:

1. You come in as my "Front Man" applying for the crude oil contract but
first we get you registered with Sonangol Ltd. I will package you as the
"New crude oil sale license beneficiary" if you are interested. This
will give your company/our joint company the legal authority to act as
crude oil sales agent/representative for Sonangol Ltd. The assignment of
the crude oil sale license allocation to our company gives us the
privilege to operate as first lifters of crude oil from the block. This
attracts US$2.00 discount per barrel to the lifter. The US$2.00 is our
(lifter) entitlement from the local petroleum agency (national petroleum
agency), also been able to get final buyers entitles us also to a
US$1.00 discount from the discount given to the end buyer as "mandates".
As we are going to be lifting 2 million barrels per month from the
block, US$2.00 discount from local petroleum agency sums up to US$4
million per month. And US$1.00 discount from the end buyer comes to US$2
mi
llion per month.

2. On equity sharing ration, both of us will be netting in a cool US$6
Million as profits monthly and you'll be in charge of lodging in our
sales commission in any nominated bank account of your choice and make
my share available to me when I need to invest either in my home country
England or yours. This proceeds known as commissions will be shared
equally on equity ratio between the both of us at the end of every sales
operation. This implies that we shall both go home with US$3 Million
each.

My Role:

Since I am a staff of Sonangol Ltd and am officially not allowed to
own/operate a lifting license under the same company where I work so
this is why I am proposing you come in as my "Front man" while I use my
connection/network both on the inside and outside of the organization
help you secure the crude oil contract, connect buyers, deliver the
crude vessels and get paid our commission. I will package you as the New
crude oil sale license beneficiary, help secure all necessary
documentation to facilitate and effect you as the beneficiary of the
lifting license for this project.

Finally, a "Partnership Agreement" will be set in place to bind and
protect us as partners legally to avoid conflicts or whatsoever in the
near future in terms of funds sharing. The agreement will indicate all
rights, duties, breakdown of commission due to partners as well as
capital invested on this project. It will also be opened for amendments
to suit partners involved. if this illustrated email with brief on this
project is understood then kindly state your interest and we can forge
ahead with this business partnership.

I await your response.

Engr. James Cromwell
Sonangol Limited
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-203-318-3579
Fax: +44-203-318-3572
Email: engrjc1@gmail.com

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