419 scam: UK SHELL COMPANY AWARD <awardalert@rogers.com> UNITED KINGDOM SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY AWARD

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- barristerjamesthomas@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK SHELL COMPANY AWARD <awardalert@rogers.com>
Reply-To: barristerjamesthomas@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:22:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: UNITED KINGDOM SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY AWARD

UNITED KINGDOM SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL
AWARD 2010.HEAD OFFICE:
6123 Street Rd Cool
LIVER
POOL Ax34587 Villa,
UK SHELL AWARD INC.
Date 15/07/2010
REF
NO: 4758961725.
D. LOT NO: 70564943902/188.
Winning Number (
FGNGB2701 NO / L CPP )

Dear Lucky Winner,

Congratulations .... Congratulations

we
wish to inform you of the following results of our annual Award/Grant
draws concluded this month, we are pleased to inform you, that your
personal e-mail address emerged as a lucky winner in the 2010 United
Kingdom Shell Award and you have been approved to Claim the total sum
of $850,000.00 U.S. Dollars (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand United
States Dollars) attached to Pin SPDC-SA which should be paid to you in
full by our paying Bank. ( standard charted bank plc London)

This
is
an annual award which is conducted by Shell company United Kingdom
as part of their contribution to mankind and this is funded from their
yearly profit from the UK Oil sector and was promoted and sponsored by
a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.

Be advised to keep your information
confidential until your winning applications were processed and the
money transferred to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted
buse of this program.

HOW
TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your fiduciary claims agent Dr
Joseph William, through his email address barristerjamesthomas@gmail.com By
filling out this form and send it to our agent below information:

NAME:
NATIONALITY:
WINNING
NUMBER:
DATE OF BIRTH:
SEX Sex:
Occupation:
Mobile Phone
Number:
Home Phone Number:

SEND YOUR REQUESTS DATA TO YOUR
AGENT: THROUGH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS CONTACT BELOW:

Name: Agent Barri. James Thomas

Email: barristerjamesthomas@gmail.com

Congratulations
from the staff and thank you for participating in e-mail users of the
program.

Congratulations!
Again.

Best regards,
MRS JULIE ROSE,
(Vice President)

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