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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: "Lung Berg Xia" <imp@samuderalautanpersada.co.id>
Reply-To: xialung@onlinepro.fatcow.com
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 12:46:20 -0400
Subject: Awaiting Your Urgent Reply




Hello,

Let me start by introducing myself... My name is Lung, a
Chinese/Singaporean working as the Procurement Category Manager in an oil
company. My company is interested in purchasing crude oil from the United
Arab Emirates up to 800,000 barrels monthly for a period of 12 months.
Being the Procurement Category Manager, it is my responsibility to oversee
the contract. My purpose of contacting you is to build a middle man
structure between the buyer and the seller where all transactions between
the buyer and the seller will be done through the middle man structure.

In case you are wondering why I need you to execute this plan, the truth
is that it is against my company’s operational ethics for an employee to
profiteer personally from business dealings involving the company.
Therefore, I need to work with someone capable/reliable, who is outside of
my personal circle to ensure that my involvement is kept discrete.

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.

We are looking at an opportunity that will enable us to make commissions
as much as $5 per barrel from each monthly sale. The contract is for
800,000 barrels of crude per month, which means that we will be making as
much as $4 Million every month for a total period of 12 months.

I have relevant contacts within United Arab Emirates' top echelon for
award of crude oil export licenses to any company or individual I present
for this venture. This is a great opportunity for us to become renowned
players in the global oil industry.

I will provide full details only after receiving your response and
confirming your interest.

My email ( xialung@onlinepro.fatcow.com )

Regards
Lung Berg Xia

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