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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: "Phillip Robbin" <philprobbins3@e1.ru>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:45:08 -0600
Subject: FROM PHILLIP




Please permit me to introduce myself. My name is Philp Robbins I earn a
living in the oil industry as an independent Feasibility/Project
Management Consultant to oil refineries and other oil industries in
Southern African, East Africa and some parts of Asia. We are based in
Accra Ghana. Our mandate includes identifying specific licensed crude oil
export/ marketing firms and recommending these firms to the oil refineries
for supply of crude oil to the refineries.

On my desk is a mandate from one the refineries to arrange for crude oil
purchase from Libya for up to 2,000,000 barrels on monthly bases for 12
calendar months.

The essence of my reaching out to you is the fact that am in the process
of building a middle man structure to mediate between the 2 parties
involved before the contract is signed. You may be wondering why I cannot
do it by myself right? The honest fact is that as a consultant to these
oil refineries, we are not allowed to act as suppliers of crude oil to
them as well, hence the reason I need a trustworthy person outside my work
circle in order 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 back to guide you. Our
commission/brokerage as middle persons is between $2 - $3 per barrel as
case may be. So if the target of 2M barrels is met monthly we stand to
share $4M - $6M every month for a span of 12 months with possible
extension.

Worry less about the speedy sales as I have contacts within oil producing
country's top officials for license of crude oil export/lifting to any
firm I so present for this business. Therefore if you can be able to
handle this transaction with honesty and integrity, you should come back
to me immediately for more details. Your urgent response is highly needed


Regards.

Phillip Robbin

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