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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: "Dr T S Bash" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shelloilplco21@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:10:12 +0500
Subject: UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE PAYMENT NOTICE OF $ 2. 500,000,00DOLLAR VERY URGENT

UNCLAIMED LOTTO PRIZE PAYMENT NOTICE OF $ 2. 500,000,00DOLLAR VERY URGENT
SHELL PETROLEUM LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
IN COLLARBORATION
WITH SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
{SPDC}AND BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY.
9 Palmerston Crescent
South Melbourne, Victoria 3205


Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902
Winning no: KB8701

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Winner,

ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS;

Winner in the 2nd category of our Shell Management free Net Lottery
Promotional award draws held December 2009.I am writing in respect to your
lotto winning prize of $2,500,000,00(One million Five hundred thousand US
Dollars only) which you won through the email ballot draws in our Shell
Management Lotto Award in 2010 in the second category prize winnings
category.

We wish to inform you that your total prize money of $2,500,000.00 has
been returned to us by our Lotto claims delivery company as unclaimed prize
after their initial letter to your address for your payment was not successful.You are here by requested

to contact our Treasury Officer on telephone number
+2348072201421 or email: she212shell@yahoo.com.ph (or shelloil_plc@yahoo.com.ph) or

(mrfarnendezgreenlink@inMail24.com)for your immediate payment. Our Treasury officer's name is Mr Vejay

Fernandez Green, So refer this to him and contact him immediately for your unclaimed lotto prize payment

to you.You should contact our Treasury Officer as directed above for your payment, and do notify me as

soon as you received your payment from our Treasurer.

Thanks,

Dr T S Bash

President; Int'l Lotto Org. Shell Oil and Gas
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.WINNING RESULT MUST BE KEPT SECRET TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM
WHICH WILL RESULT TO YOUR LOST OF PACKAGE.

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