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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • jmmy_henshaw@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: wi.notification@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:06:06 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20Shell=20Petroleum=20Int=2E=20Lottery=20Promo=28WINNING=20NOTIFICATION=29=20?=

Shell Petroleum Int.Lottery Promo
Shell Lottery Promo
Shell International Petroleum Co.Ltd
London (UK) #5 Beale's Corner, Bewdley, Worcs DY12 1AF.
(PROMOTION CENTRE)
RE-WINNING NOTIFICATION OF £50,000.00


Attn: Winner,


Compliments of the day,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 27th of September
2006 from the Shell Petroleum International Lottery Promotion. The online
Shell Program, which is fully based on random electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses. Your Email address was attached to: -

Ticket Number: 644 79543465 B44 8056490902
Serial Number : 4708-325.
Your lucky number is 4-13-33-37-17
which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You are hereby been approved of a lump sum of £50,000.00 in cash credit
as your prize money which your email address won in this shell petroleum
international lottery promotion.
file Ref: ILP/HW 7509/02 from the total cash prize of Two hundred and fifty
thousand Great British Pounds shared amongst five lucky winners in this
category. Subsequently, all the participant in this category have been approved
of fifty thousand GBP each as their winning prize.
They were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from ten million
E-mail addresses from Saudi Arabia, Kenya, United States, Asia, Europe,
Palestine, Africa, Oceania and mostly all the Oil Rich Communities around
the globe as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by Shell International Petroleum
Co. Ltd London (UK) as part of their social responsibility to alleviate
poverty.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our African representative
office in Tanzania, Dar Es-salaam, as indicated in your play coupon and
your prize of £50,000.00 will be released to you from our office in UNITED
KINGDOM were all winners prize money is lodged for safety.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high promo for £1.3 million international draw.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
You must have to acquire your winning certificate form from your Agent,
for approval of this lotto promo to avoid any misconduct and mis-management
of any winners fund.

Simply contact or send your serial and ticket no. to the below email address
for your urgent transfer of prize:


Name: Mr Jimmy Henshaw(Agent)
Email: jmmy_henshaw@yahoo.co.uk

To file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top of this message.
Also you should provide the following details to your claim agent Mr. Jimmy
Henshaw.

Full name ............................................
Postal address...................................
Marital status.......................................
Occupation..........................................
Age ........................................................
Nationality ............................................
Telephone/fax numbers....................
Company..............................................
Email......................................................
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has been released
to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.


Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before 20th of October 2006; otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually sent back to Treasury.




Congratulations from staff's of The Shell International Petroleum
Co.Ltd.

Mr Joe Chung
Chief Promotion Officer

APPROVED
GOOD LUCK & CONGRATULATIONS,
SHELL LOTTERY PROMO

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