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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: chevron2008promo@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:08:08 GMT
Subject: {Spam?}




THE CHEVRON/TEXACO OIL COMPANY
1092 CHEVRON LAYOUT, WUSE ZONE 2,
WUSE, ABUJA. NIGERIA.


THE CHEVRON/TEXACO OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION.

You have been selected in the on-going Chevron/Texaco award held this
October 2008. We the promo board are pleased to inform you that, you
alongside four(4) other lucky winners have been approved for a payment
of $500,000.00 USD. (Five hundred thousand Dollars) in cash.

Your verification number is: (CT-222-6747,FGN/P-900-56).

Contact the claims officer below, for directives and guidelines to claim your prize.

CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER:
Mr. Kenneth Davids
EMAIL: verificationunit.chevron101@gmail.com
Phone: (+234) 807 905 6157

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information
as soon as possible:

NAME IN FULL:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE:
FAX:
MOBILE:
SEX (M/F):

We are glad to have you as one of our luckly winners.

Yours Sincerely,
Online Co-ordinator.



Co-sponsors of this online promotion are listed herein: Shell Oil
Company, EcoBank, Pepsi Corporation, and the Federal Government of
Nigeria.


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