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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Engr. Peter Nelson" <chase.@oregano.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: ca1414jj@gmail.com
Date: 18 Apr 2018 00:25:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Business Proposition to You
Hi There,
I'm extending a business proposition to you having been delighted
with your company profile which i got from the business
directory. My name is Peter Nelson. I work under procurement
department of the National Petroleum Agency SA[NPA-SA]. This
company supplies a brand of crude oil called Alba Crude Oil and
sale to the world market through license mandate
operators/holders. The NPA-SA issues oil lifting license
allocations to individuals/companies who will assist them to
market their product and earn commission in return. The work of
the license operator/holder is to locate the buyers of the crude
oil and negotiate a buy/sale transaction on behalf of the NPA-SA.
The license operator earns a $4.00 commission on each barrel of
crude oil sold to the buyer as commissions.
My proposition is that we secure an oil lifting license from the
NPA-SA in your name as the oil license holder while I use my
inside connections to locate the crude oil buyers and ensure that
your allocated crude oil is successfully sold to the buyers. The
commissions from the sales will be paid to you since you are the
license owner. This commission we will share between us 50:50
thereafter.
Please note:
(1) The NPA-SA issues an oil lifting license with a monthly oil
allocation of 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand) barrels of crude
oil to each approved license operator. This implies that a total
quantity of 500,000 barrels of crude oil will be available to us
for sale monthly once we have an oil lifting license approved to
your name. Going by the $4.00 commission per barrel, we will be
earning a gross monthly commission of US$2 million dollars
monthly after the successful sale of our allocated crude oil.
(2) As a staff of NPA-SA, I’m not officially allowed to
operate/own an oil lifting license under the same company. I'm
not also allowed to engage in any out-of-office profit oriented
crude oil sale deal under our organization. This best explains
why I seek for a partner who will be the face of our partnership
(owner of the oil license) while I work from the underground to
facilitate the operations in our favor.
Feel free to ask questions for clarification should need be and
do get back to me at your earliest convenience.
Yours faithfully,
Engr. Peter Nelson
Procurement Department
National Petroleum Agency SA
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