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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.

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:

• 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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024013291 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • jameschambers1985@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: shellcommunity@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:13:31 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?yours=20faithfully?=

Shell Community Heritage Trust Foundation
Hawthorn House,Forth Banks,
Newcastle NE1 3SG,United Kingdom.
Ref No: SHELL/816UK/185/2005
Batch No: 341-FJ7-17-LN

Dear Sir/Madam

Notification of Cash Grant Award.

This is to notify you that you have been selected by the Board of
Trustees of the above International organization based in the
United Kingdom for a Cash Grant of US$800,000; for business,
economic, social and research developments in your community.
Shell Heritage Community Foundation, an independent society was
launched in 1985 by the Multi-National Shell Petroleum Company
with the objective of Human Growth and Community development.

In line with this year heritage award program,the foundation in
conjunction with the British Council is giving out Five Hundred
Million United States Dollars as specific International Assistance
Donations/Grants to over 150 international recipients worldwide
in different categories for Business development and Social
upliftment of their various communities.

Based on the promotions held last month ,you or your company was
selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of
US$800,000 as grants from the Foundation in accordance with the
enabling act of Parliament.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from over 200,000 companies and individuals from Australia,
New Zealand, Africa, Europe, North America,South America and Asia
as part our International Heritage program.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award strictly from public notice until your award has been
fully processed and your grant money remitted to your bank account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

You are required to Contact immediately the Finance Co-ordinator,
below for the immediate processing and collection of your Grant
money with your Full Names,Telephone and Email.
Please quote your reference No. and batch No. in all correspondence.

Contact:
BARR.JAMES WRIGHT
Finance Co-ordinator
JAMES CHAMERS ESQ
2,PETERSFIELD,ROAD MIDHURST,WEST SUSSEX
GU29 9JH .NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM
Email:jameschambers1985@yahoo.com.sg
PHONE:+447024013291
+447024013978


All Grant money must be claimed within one month on the receipt
of this Notification,after this date all unclaimed funds will be
returned back to the treasury as Invalid.

Note that this Grants are administered by approved British Banks
and therefore subject to British Laws.
On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Yours faithfully,

DENNIS WALKER
Vice-Presidents - Awards

NOTE. Any breach of confidentiality will result to instant
disqualification.
PLEASE ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE FINANCE
CO-ORDINATOR




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