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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")
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• 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.
  • +447024070054 (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.
  • frbennedicto@yahoo.co.uk
  • fatherbenneditho@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY" <shellpetroluemlotto3@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: fatherbennedith@live.com
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 18:47:21 +0100
Subject: Shell Petroleum Development Company (CONGRATULATIONS!!!)


* [image: Shell]
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*Shell Lottery Promo(LOTTO LORE)
**Shell Petroleum Development Company
(Customer Services)*

**
*Royal Dutch Shell plc
Carel van Bylandtlaan 16
2596 HR DEN HAAG
Postbus 162
2501 AN DEN HAAG*
*Netherlands Antilles*
*CC-400 - 4th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 0J4, Canada*
*Ref: Ng/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369 WINNING*
*Serial number: 5368/02*
*Ticket number: 56475600545 188

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*NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING

*
*We happily announce to you the result (#951) of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the Shell Lottery Promo (lottolore),*
*
Online Shell program held on Sat, May 24, 2008. Been the Largest promo
award. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 3 16 22 39 42 49 Bonus
28,which subsequently won you the lottery JACKPOT category in
cash credit file. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
$200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of $2,800,000.00 shared
amongst four (10) lucky winners in this category.*

*All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites, from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly. click our website below for confirmation of
your winning* *http://www.lottolore.com/lotto649.html*<http://www.lottolore.com/lotto649.html>


**
*Note that 10% of your claim will go for the tsunami victims. **Please note
that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet,
representative region in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your $200,000.00 (Two 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.*
*

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** *To file for your claim. please contact Your lottery fiduciary agent.*
*Name: Rev. Father Bennedicto Lan (Shell Fund Mgt)*
*Email: frbennedicto@yahoo.co.uk <fatherbenneditho@yahoo.com>*
* fatherbennedith@live.com*
*Tel: (+44) 702 407 0054

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*Call or email the below form to your agent for him to direct you and
commence the processing of your winning prize and send back to him the below
form after filling it.*
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*NAME..............................

WINNING E-MAIL ...................

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****
*ADDRESS...........................

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*FULL ADDRESS:.....................

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*YOUR RESIDENT TOWN................

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*SEX:..............................

DATE OFBIRTH......................

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*OCCUPATION........................

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*AMOUNT WON........................

TEL...............................

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*MOBILE............................

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*COUNTRY...........................

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*BATCH NUMBER:.....................

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*WINNING NUMBER:...........

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*REFF NUMBER..................

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*SCANNED **IDENTITY CARD...................(Mandatory)*
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*Note: All claims must be made before the 15th of June 2008.*
*[image: At a glance]*<http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell-en/at_a_glance/at_a_glance_09112006.html>
Copyright (c) 1994-2008 Shell Petroleum Development
Company!<http://mx.rd.yahoo.com/mail_mx/footer/yahoo/*http://mx.yahoo.com>
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