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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: "ROYAL DUTCH SHELL ®" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shellafricazonecentre@live.hk>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 06:04:44 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON $5,000,000.00 USD LOTTERY PRIZE!

Royal Dutch Shell
International Lottery Promotion
Carel van Bylandtlaan 16,2596 HR The Hague,The Netherlands.

Dear:Winner:

We happily announce to you the result of the Shell International Lottery held on the
28th June,2011. on which you won ($5,000,000.00 USD).

Royal Dutch Shell a Multi-Million company was establish not only for profit oriented but
with the objectives of Human and universal development.

The Draw was based on random selection exercises of database of E-mail addresses on
internet websites worldwide and the Globe divided into Zones.No tickets were sold but all
email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation,and your Email
ID attached to Ticket No:(SHL91056A) won you the lump Sum prize as stated above.

You are hereby informed that yours falls to "AFRICAN ZONE" hence you are to be paid by our
AFRICAN ZONAL PAYMENT CENTRE,as approved by we "ROYAL DUTCH SHELL" here in NETHERLANDS.

You are to directly contact our assigned Finance Manager in our African Zonal Centre via
below email,including the below Verification form.
===============================
NAME: MR. CHRIS DUKE
PHONE: +234-8186680891
E-mail: shellafricazonecentre@live.hk
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1.FULL NAMES:__________
2.ADDRESS:_____________
3.NATIONALITY:__________
4.SEX:________________
5.AGE:___________________
6.MARITAL STATUS:__________
7.OCCUPATION:______________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_________
9.NEXT OF KIN:__________
10.YOUR TICKET/WINNING NO:______

Be advised to maintain the strictest confidentiality to avoid problems associated with
fraudulent claims.

On behalf of the Lottery Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Susan Anderson (Mrs)
Online Co-coordinator ® (c) 2011 Royal Dutch Shell Lottery All Rights Reserved.

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