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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: "John Krenicki Jr." <paymentsettlement88@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.johnkrenickijr1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:43:28 +0100
Subject: Urgent Business Partnership


From: John Krenicki, Jr.
Senior Operating Partner oF US (NPC)
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC NY
530 5th Ave, New York, NY 10036
USA.

Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP TRANSFER OF US$35,000,000.00

I am John Krenicki, Jr., a Senior Operating Partner Department of the US
National Petroleum Council (NPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board
Committee in charge of contract award and Payment approvals. I came to know
of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very
confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of the (NPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of the Pipeline network within the United States for crude
oil and downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation – US$2
Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in the
country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product (Depots)-$105
Million.

The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in
the sum of Thirty Five Million United States Dollars, (US$35,000,000.00)
which has recently been approved and now ready to be transferred. However
the companies that actually executed the aforementioned contract have been
fully paid and the projects officially commissioned.

Consequently, I and my colleague Diane X. Burman, Commissioner Public
Service Commission are willing to transfer the total amount into your
account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are
prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening
and/or operating foreign accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous. In
return, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 30% of the
transferred sum, 2% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses during
the course of this transaction, you will then be mandated to revert the
balance to us in due course.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following
terms and conditions; our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry 0f
Finance, Pacific Credit Union Washington, DC 20008 USA, and the
Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate remittance of
the funds within 10 – 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms.

Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free. To accord this
transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual security of funds, the
whole procedures shall be legally processed with your name or any company
you may nominate as the bonafide final beneficiary.

You are advised to confirm to us the below information or call me
immediately for more details.

Your Name:
Your Address:
Your Phone:
Your Mobile:
Your Email:
Your Occupation
Your Sex
Your Age.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 20 years in the
Civil Service of my country, the United State, I am very much averse to
having my image and career dented. This matter should therefore be treated
with utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate action as we are
well behind schedule to enable us to include this transfer in the first
batch of the 2021 fiscal year contract payments.

Best Regards

John Krenicki, Jr.
Senior Operating Partner Of US (NPC)
Email: depstateus1@gmail.com
Website: www.npc.org/

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