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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 2010 AWARD NOTIFICATION <markjohn011@verizon.net>
Reply-To: SHELL 2010 AWARD NOTIFICATION <spdcdraw32@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:26:44 -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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