419 scam: SHELL 2010 AWARD NOTIFICATION <hhhggftr@att.net> SHELL 2010 AWARD NOTIFICATION !!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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.
- +447010036365 (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.
- spdcdraw32@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SHELL 2010 AWARD NOTIFICATION <hhhggftr@att.net>
Reply-To: SHELL 2010 AWARD NOTIFICATION <spdcdraw32@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 04:16:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SHELL 2010 AWARD NOTIFICATION !!!

Shell
Petroleum
Development
Company of England

SHELL Email Lottery
Administrative
Department,
1 West ferry Circus, Canary Wharf London,
United
Kingdom E14
4HA .
Reference No: CMLC-L/F56-554562.
Batch No:
CMLC-9932009

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Shell
petroleum Development Company of
England

We are delighted
to inform you of your prize which was released on
the Tuesday April 27, 2010 by Shell Petroleum Development Company of
England
poverty allivation program which is fully based on an electronic
selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses from sites and your email address
was
attached to,

REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511
TICKET NUMBER:644 79543465 B44805
SERIAL
NUMBER:4708-325

This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows 13,26,34,48,97 and
bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second
category.
You have been approved to receive the sum of £500,000.00
(FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) in cash, credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/02
from the total cash prize shared among six lucky winners in this
category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses among the
millions that
subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, rediffmail, Gmail, Russian Mail,
Hotmail and
few from other e-mail providers in Canada, Australia, United States of
America,
Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania Six people are selected
annually
to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected
Winners.

This Lottery
was organized by the Shell Petroleum Development
Company of England as part of her social responsibility to the
citizens
in the
communities where they have an operational base. Furthermore, your
detailed
(e-mail address) falls within our Asian representative office in London, United
Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £500,000.00
will be
released to you from our regional bank as appointed by the United
Nation also
in London.
We
hope that with part of your prize, you will
participate in
our end of year high stakes for £1.5 Billion international draw.

However, the
2010 Shell International E-mail Promotion is no
doubt, a momentous achievement in the history of this Corporation. While basking
in the euphoria of this achievement, I wish to seize this opportunity to acquaint you with guidelines as you must follow in order to complete
your
claims. On our part, we have a mandate to see you through.

We will work
assiduously to realize this mandate as we respect
your views opinions and most importantly protect your Privacy. This
promotion is
part of the financial empowerment program of the Shell Petroleum
Development
Company (SPDC) in its struggle to alleviate poverty.

To file for
your claim please contact your fiduciary agent for the
immediate release of your lottery prize,
Name
:Rev. Charles Mayor
Email:spdcdraw32@gmail.com
Tell:+447010036365
Tell:+447010032283

You are
required to forward the following details to help process
your winning Certificate, which will facilitate the release of your
£500,000.00
to you.
Make sure all information is correct and to the best of your
knowledge to avoid termination of your prize.

1.First
Name:................................
2.Middle
Name:................................
3.Last
Name:................................
4.Address:........................
5.State/province:...................
6.Country:...........................
7.Nationality:.......................
8.Mobile Phone Number:..............
9.Home Phone
Number:................
10.Occupation:..............
11.Sex:......................
12.Age:.....................

I
-------------------- hereby declare that the above information
is true and binding on me.
if at any time it is discovered that i
have given
a false information, i will forfeit the rights to my winning.
Please
also
quote your reference, batch and winning numbers which can be found on
the top
left corner of this notification.

For security
reasons we advice all winners to keep their
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-participants or
unofficial personnel.
Awards must be claimed not later than 3 weeks
from the
day of this notification, Otherwise all funds will be returned as
unclaimed and
eventually be donated to charity organizations.

ANY BODY
UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS AUTOMATICALLY
DISQUALIFIED.

Yours in Service,
Mr. Mark Scott (Phd).
Publicity Officer (SPD)

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