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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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 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.
  • +447031892920 (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.
  • raywilson.shelllottoagent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lotto Info2007 <lottoinfo2007@easymail.hu>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:56:13 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your Email ID HAVE WON$400,000,00USD As A Winner

 

 

SHELL INTERNATIONAL LTD ,
SHELL FOUNDATION,

 

Date: 10/9/2007

Ref: 475061727

Batch:7056490934/2007

Winning no: GB8701/LPRC:

 

 

 Dear  Beneficiary,

 

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING

 

The Shell Foundation  is glad to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, educational, and business development.

 

 The Shell Foundation was established in the year 2000 by the Shell Multi-Million Groups and is now supported by the United Nations (UN),European Union (EU), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

 

To celebrate the 7th anniversary program, the Shell Foundation  in conjunction with other relevant bodies is giving out a yearly donation of $16,000,000 (Sixteen Million Dollas) to  lucky recipients. These specific Donations/Grants will be awarded to recipients worldwide; in different categories for their personal business development and enhancement of their educational plans.

Kindly note that you will only be chosen to receive the donation once, which means that subsequent yearly donation will not get to you again.

 

You were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of $400,000.00 ( Four Hundred Thousand USD) as charity donations/aid from the Shell Foundation in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament.

 

  All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorates of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

 

NOTE To file for your claim . 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-participant or unofficial personnel.

 

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent,

MR RAY WILSON

 

raywilson.shelllottoagent@yahoo.com

 Phone: +447031892920
              +447031892890
  

 

On behalf of the Board kindly, accept our warmest congratulations.

 

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

 

Regards.

Sir Allan Buffet
Grants Co-ordinator

 

APPROVED

 

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