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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: "SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wumt01@live.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:40:43 +0100
Subject: Please contact Agent Leiz Moore now

REF #: 73284294SA
BATCH #: SLSA-0385-SHI
TICKET #: 4278-8845-284
 
Compliment of the season from (SPDC)
 
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD$1,200,000.00) for the month of December, 2009 Prize promotion which is organized by SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY.SHELL collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,among the millions that subscribed to various websites. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
 
NOTE: The only fees you have to pay is the APX Courier company fee for Delivery and Insurance which is USD$200.00. Contact the Claims Agent as soon as possible to make arrangement on how to effect the delivery of your Winnings (Prize Money).
 
Contact: Agent  Leiz Moore
Email:  wumt01@live.com
Telephone: +22997569880
 
SHELL ONLINE FORM
 
FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:
 
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN
 
Sincerely,
Mrs. Ron Van Dem Berg
President SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SPDC)
 
Terms and Conditions:
 
N.B: Please note that all Winners in this Year lottery 2009 for the Month of December are required to fill out the Claims Form and Pay Courier charges

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