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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: "Dev Sanyal, PhD." <britishpetroleumplcbpbritishpe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:23:00 +0500 (PKT)
Subject: confidential!!








British Petroleum Plc (BP)
international Headquarters,
1, St James's Square,
London SW1Y 4PD United Kingdom.

Dear sir,

I have been assigned by my colleagues to contact you. I am the Executive
Vice President and Group Chief of Staff of the British Petroleum Plc. I am
also a member of the audit and compensation committee of BP Plc saddled
with the duty to investigate and research contracts awarded by the British
Petroleum Plc in 2010 consequent upon the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
and make recommendations to the board.


In the course of our duty, we discovered among other things, that a
staggering sum of £47,900,000.00 (Great British Pounds) is floating in one
of the bank accounts of the British Petroleum Plc unclaimed. After a more
thorough investigation, we discovered that the amount was the result of an
over-invoiced contract for the supply of Scavenger 2000 De-pollution Boats
with Voraxial Separators for the cleaning of the oil spills/harbors in the
Gulf of Mexico, which was originally masterminded by the BP Contract Award
Committee with the intention to transfer and use the money.


Due to the caliber of people involved in the deal, we have therefore
teamed up with them to finalize, tidy -up the account records and close
the deal with your assistance, as we need a foreign firm/individual to be
presented by us as a sub-contractor for the claim of the money. Upon
receipt of your reply confirming your interest in working with us on this
project, we will discuss the terms of transaction and give you details as
we have carefully worked out the modalities for a safe transfer of the
funds.

N / B: Please, this information is strictly confidential and should not be
divulged to any other person for security reasons. Thank you for your
understanding expected.

Respectfully,

Dev Sanyal, PhD.
(Executive Vice President and Group Chief of Staff)
British Petroleum Plc (BP)international Headquarters, 1, St James's Square,
London SW1Y 4PD United Kingdom
http;//www.bp.com

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