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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: Alister mokoena <nitha99mbengo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alistermokoena99@webmail.coza
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:00:23 +0200
Subject: Ref


Dear sir,

I greet you with worm regards, I work for the National petroleum
refiners of South Africa situated at
inland Sasolburg Free State South Africa.
On my desk is a mandate to arrange for crude oil purchase from the
national oil corporation of Libya,
from the state of Libya for up to 2,000,000 (2million) barrels on
monthly bases for 12 calendar
months.
The reason for my reaching out to you is because am in the process of
establishing a middle man
structure to mediate between the 2 partiers involved (our company and
the company in Libya)
before the contract signed.
You may be wondering why I cannot do it myself. The honest fact is
that as an employee working for
this co9mpany, it is against our co9mpany’s operational ethics/policy
for an employee to be involved
or profit in any financial dealings with our company, hence I am
looking for a trustworthy person
outside my work circle to maintain a discreet profile.
I wish to extend this partnership to you my friend to build a middle
man structure with you while I
work from the background to guide you.
Our commission /brokerage as a middle man is between $2-$3 per barrel
so if the target of 2million
barrels is met monthly we stand to share $4m-$6m every month for a
span of 12 months.
Contact me if you are interested in this deal, so that I can give you
further detailing.

Alister Mokoena
Procurement supervisor
Crude oil &products trading division
(NATREF) Sasolburg oil refinery.
Email: alistermokoena99@webmail.co.za
Telephone: +27605682705
You can WhatsApp me with my number.

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