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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: "CHEVRON LOTTERY WINNER" <chevronlottwinne@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:10:59 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON CHEVRON LOTTERY



Chevron Corporation
International Lottery programme

Date:8/08/2006
Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050470902/189


Winning no: GB8101/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!


We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released on the 8TH
of August 2006, from the Chevron Corporation International Lottery
programme,which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses from some sites. Your email address was attached to
ticket number; 47001725 07056490102 and serial number 7741134002. This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW 47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners
in this category. All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotion program which is conducted
annually.


This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have an operational base.
Furthermore, your details(e-mail address) falls within our uk representative
office in Nigeria as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in
Nigeria . We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for US$ 8.3 Billion international draw.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent to file for your
claim. Contact informations below.

Rev Fr.Harry Coy
Chevron Corporation
2006 Lottery Promotion
revfrharrycoy@yahoo.co.uk


Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address
and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public
until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participants or
unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of August 2006, otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually sent back to our head
office.

You are therefore advise to send the following information to
the Cliams Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.
1.Full name
2.Bank details(where your prize will be transfered
3.Contact Address
4.Telephone Number
5. Marital Status
6.Occupation
7.Date of Birth
8. cell phone number
Congratulations once again on your win!!!


Mrs Susan .D.Wolf
APPROVED
Good luck & congratulation,
The Shell Lottery Promo.



FOR CHEVRON CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR
CLAIMS AGENT AT ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE
PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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