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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shell1930@live.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 12:46:44 +0800
Subject: BATCH REF: SHHK/008/YY


Shell Petroleum Oil

BATCH REF: SHHK/008/YY

You have been selected in the on-going Shell Petroleum award held this year 2010. We the promo board are pleased to inform you that, you alongside four(4) other luckywinners have been approved for a payment of $5.5Million Dollars in cash.2010 International E-mail Draw which is Organized by Shell PetroleumDevelopment Company Uk.Shell Petroleum collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol,Walla,Gmail, Russian Mail,Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the releaseof your fund to you.Fill the below form and send to your agent
1. Full name..........................
2. Address ...............
3. Country of origin.......................
4. Occupation...........................
5. AGE...........................
6.Sex..........................
7. Phone number.......................
8 . Cell phone number.............
9. Email Address..........................



Name: Sir Richard Martin
(CLAIM AGENT)
E-Mail: shell1930@live
Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

Mrs Brown Ann
[Shell Publicity Secretary]



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