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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rosemaryseki@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rosemary obaseki <rosemaryobaseki_2006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rosemaryseki@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 02:11:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Receive Your Claims Now.


Shell Lottery Promo
Shell Management Nigeria
(Customer Services)

Ref: Ng/9420X2/68
Batch: 063/05/ZY369 WINNING

ATTN Gonnilda Dykeman



NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING

We happily announce to you the draw (#951) of the Shell Lottery Promo,
online Shell program held on 05th of Febuary 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545-188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02-19-28-33-44-49 (bonus no.21), which subsequently won you the lottery JACKPOT category i.e match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of 8,400,000.00 shared amongst Foutheen (14) lucky winners in this category.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through Ballot draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place Monthly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your $600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) would be released to you by any of our payment offices. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.



To file for your claim. please contact Your fiduciary agent.
Name: Mrs Rosemary Seki klush(Shell Fund Mgt)
Email: rosemaryseki@yahoo.com

Call or email your agent for him to send you the Payment Processing form you will filled and send back to him .
Note: All claims must be made before the 18th of June2006.


Mr Joe Chung



APPROVED
Good luck & congratulation,
The Shell Lottery Promo.



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