419 scam: "Chevron Oil Company Limited"<info@chevron.com> You Have Won!!!

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031830942 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chevron Oil Company Limited" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chevron-claims@gmx.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:00:12 +0800
Subject: You Have Won!!!

Chevron Oil Company Limited.
Chevron House,1 Westferry
Circus Canary Wharf London
E14 4HA (United Kingdom DISTRICT)
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Our Reference: CHT 2011/19513-10.
Our Batch: 24/00319/CHT

Dear Lucky Beneficiary,

We wish to officially notify you that you have been chosen by Chevron Oil Company Ltd as a winner of a cash bonus sum of $250,000.00 (Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars), for this Year Lottery Promotion which is organized by Chevron Oil Company, your Email was selected by the Microsoft Corporation which always supplied this company with Fifty Thousand Email Addresses of active internet users yearly and sponsors of which include Adidas, Fuji Film, Gillette, Emirates Air,Toshiba, McDonald's and a host of others, and your Email address was submitted as one of the active internet users For the year 2011. after Email address are been submitted to us for the random selection By Microsoft Corporation, we only select five people as our winners, through electronic balloting System without the winner applying.

Be informed that your cash bonus have been credited into an ATM Card in your name, in which you are to use in withdrawing your funds once it arrive to you to your home address, your cash bonus sum of $250,000.00(Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) containing your ATM Card have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward delivery to you which you will use to withdraw cash at any ATM SERVICE MACHINES where you see the Master-Card (or Maestro/Cirrus)sign/logo located in more than 22 million locations across 210 countries worldwide.

To file for your claims of your ATM Card containing your funds, please fill and submit the given information to our fiduciary manager immediately via email.

1.Full name:...... 2.Contact Address:......
3.Age:...... 4.Telephone Number:.......
5.Marital Status:...... 6.Occupation:......
7.State:...... 8.Country:...... 9.Sex:........

Fiduciary Manager Contact Details:

Contact Person: David Ryan
E-mail:chevron-claims@gmx.com
Direct Phone Number: +447031830942

I want to congratulate you in advance and please do not forget to help the poor In the society when Chevron Oil Company makes you a beneficiary of their world of wealth.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Jane Scott
Chief Executive Officer(CEO),
Chevron Oil Company London Copyright@ 2011.

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