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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: "SHELL OIL COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentnelson2009@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:58:26 +0200
Subject: SHELL WINNER 2009 !!

REF #: 73284294SA
BATCH #: SLSA-0385-SHI
TICKET #: 4278-8845-284


This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD$1,200,000.00) for the month of November, 2009 Prize promotion which is organized by SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY.
SHELL collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,among the millions that subscribed to various websites. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.


NOTE: The only fees you have to pay is the courier company fee which is USD$200.00.Contact the Agent as soon as possible to make arrangement on how to effect the delivery of your Winnings


Contact: Agent Tom Nelson
Email: agentnelson2009@gmail.com

SHELL ONLINE FORM

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:


N.B When you fill the form, it means you are going to pay the Courier fees
because it can not be deducted as it is non negotiable and not deductible.


CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN

Sincerely,
Mrs. Ron Van Dem Berg
President SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SPDC)

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