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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: Timothy Okpeke <timothyokpeke@citromail.hu>
Reply-To: timothyokpeke@mynet.com
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:20:39 +0200
Subject: crude oil sales


Hello,

I have decided to use this medium to extend a prosperous business hand
shake with you and welcome you in the Oil & Gas industry. Having been
in this sector of the economy since 1998, I will say without mincing
words that I know the terrain 100% and can guarantee our smooth
operation in this highly legitimate and money spinning venture.

I just located a dormant crude oil lifting license to a company that
is presently out of business. This license gives the owner the mandate
to lift and market a total of 60 million barrels of the crude oil for
a total period of 5 years thus a sales capacity of 1 million barrels
monthly. As the license remains valid for another 3 years, I will use
my network as a staff of this petroleum agency to reassign this
license to your names or your company name if you have one to enable
us share the proceeds 50%-50% basis. .
As a license operator with this National Oil Company, you are entitled
to a host commission of $3 per each barrel sold. Since the license
has a capacity of One Million barrels for a month, Going by the
commission of $3 per barrel, You will be receiving a total amount of
Three Million United States Dollars ($3MUSD) at the end of every sales
operation each month.

As a license holder, your job is to locate the end buyers of the crude
oil and facilitate a buy/sales transaction of the crude oil between
the National Oil Company being the seller and the buyers. My job
status as a staff of the Company will not allow me to personal own
the license so I will, take up the responsibility of locating the
buyers and being on the ground to facilitate the sales operations. You
will play the role of the license owner and the beneficiary to the
sales proceeds which will be shared between us at 50:50 thereafter.

I will need your comments and queries to explain further and also
advise us on the process of reacquiring the license to you as the new
operator and the mode of operation of this project.

Awaiting your response.

Timothy Okpeke





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