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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "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.
  • +447045766179 (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.
  • remittance.dept.08.shell@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SHELL OIL COMPANY LONDON" <shelllotteryawards@mobimail.mn>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:54:39 +0100
Subject: SHELL NOTIFICATION!!!


** *CONGRATULATIONS!*

*Shell Lottery Promo *

*Shell Management *

*Boston , London .*

*Tel no: +44 704 576 6179*

*(Customer Services)*
**



WINNING NOTIFICATION OF SHELL LOTTERY PROMO
**
*We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 30th of
June 2008 from the Shell International Lottery program. Which is fully based
on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.*
** *
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5647983446 with serial number
5556/08 drew the lucky number 4-8-12-16-23-42 which subsequently won you the
Lottery JACKPOT category i.e. MATCH 6.You have therefore been approved of
the total sum of One Million,Five hundred thousand **British
Pounds(1,500,000.00)** in cash credited to file MTU/8968260/08 and an
opportunity to work with Shell Oil Company,London.

This program was held in Boston,London in line with Humanitarian service of
the red cross society and your money is now deposited with the Union
bank Plc (Nigeria) and the sum of **One Million,Five hundred thousand **British
Pounds(1,500,000.00) will be released to you as soon as you contact our
paying offices.

*
*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 program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.*
*
*

*HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: **
Simply contact our fiducial agent,
NAME: Dr Ken Maxwell
E-MAIL (remittance.dept.08.shell@hotmail.com) *
*PHONE: +44 704 576 6179

And send your personal information to him to file for your claim.

1. Full Names........................................................
2. Country
......................................................................

3. Contact Address:
............................................................
4. Tele/Mobile No:
..............................................................

5. Gender:
................................................................................
6. Occupation:
..........................................................................
7. Age:
.......................................................................................

8. Amount Won:
.........................................................................

*
** *
Please call our agent immediately for confirmation +44 704 576 6179 .*
*Note:All claims must be made before 10 days from this notification.*
**
***Congratulations once again.
Yours in service.

DR LYOD MORGAN
*
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* *
*

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