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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Foster Harrison." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <foster.harrison4545@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 06:59:32 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you,

Dear Sir,
 
My warm greetings to you. I head the Procurements Unit of a South East Asia Country’s Government owned oil refining company. My company is keen on buying crude oil from Libya up to 2,000,000 barrels monthly for 12 months. And I have been given the mandate to make this happen. I am trying to build a middle man structure to come in between both parties prior to signing of the contract. This is why I am contacting you.
 
Your question I am sure would be "why can't you do it yourself "? The truth is that it is against my company’s operational ethics for an employee to profiteer from business dealings with the company. I need to work with someone I can trust and who is outside of my personal circle in order for my participation to be kept discreet.So my offer to you is that we work as a team to build a middle man structure with you as the face of the Partnership and me working from the back scene.The commission /brokerage to be earned by the middle man are between $7-$6 per barrel from every barrel of crude we sell. The target is 2M barrels monthly sales. This translates to between $12 M to $14 M monthly revenue and this will span for a period of 12 months.
 
I have very serious contacts within oil producing country's top echelon for award of crude oil export /lifting licenses to any company I present for this venture. This venture I tell you is a leaping stone to us becoming ?a renowned player in the global oil industry.I will provide full details only after receiving your response, you are advised to contact me back via email or my private fax +442038081181
 
 
Regards
 
Thank you,
Mr.Foster Harrison.
 

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