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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "mr.y.j1@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "mr.y.j1@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "korea national oil corporation (knoc)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.y.j1@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:28:24 +0100
Subject: My warm greetings to you.
Dear Sir
My warm greetings to you.
I head the Procurement Unit of KOREA NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION(KNOC).
My company is keen on buying crude oil from QATAR PETROLEUM(QP)
in State of Qatar 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 await your response through my private email: mr.y.j1@outlook.com
Regards
Thank you,
Mr. Yang Junho
Procurement Supervisor,
Korea National Oil Corporation(KNOC).
mr.y.j1@outlook.com
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