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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: "Engr Des" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engr.des01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 19:09:50 +0800
Subject: Re:Procurement Supervisor

Good day Sir / Madam,
 
I greet you with warm regards. I work for Malaysia Oil Refinery Sdn Bhd Company as a procurement supervisor; Malaysia Oil Refinery Sdn Bhd is an Oil refining Company situated in South East Asia. On my desk is a mandate to arrange for Crude Oil purchase from the National Oil Corporation (NOC), from the state of Libya for up to2,000,000 barrels
on a monthly basis for 12 calendar months.
 
 
The reason for my reaching out to you is because I am in the process of establishing a broker/mediator or a middle man structure to mediate between the 2 parties involved (our Company and the Company in Libya)before the contract is signed. You may be wondering why I cannot do it myself. The honest fact is that as an employee working for this
company, it is against our company'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 in order to maintain a discreet profile.
 
I wish to extend this partnership to you my friend to build a broker/mediator or a middle man structure with you while I work from the background to guide you. Our company pays between $4 per barrel as the commission/brokerage amount so if the target of 2Million barrels is met monthly. We stand to share $4Million - $6Million every month
for 12 months.
 
If you are interested in this transaction/project, please reply back to my email address  (engr.des01@gmail.com ) for further details.
 
Regards,
 
Engr Des.
 
Procurement Supervisor
Crude Oil & Products Trading Division
Malaysia oil RefinerySdn Bhd
E-mail: engr.des01@gmail.com

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