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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: "Mrs. Tamminess Nkoli" <rebeccalane1p@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rebeccalane2p@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:54:35 +0200
Subject: RE:CONGRATULATIONS!!!


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Shell South Africa
The Campus, Twickenham,
57 Sloane Street, Epsom Downs, Bryanston, 2021
Attn: Winner.
Congratulations! The Shell South Africa is proud to congratulate you on your success as a winner of the Shell Oil Star Prize in this year's 2011 Oil Star Promotion that was conducted over the Internet with our automated email selecting machine. Your E-mail address emerged as one of the Hundred (100) lucky Email Addresses selected as won in the yearly Promotion (2014). You have been declared the proud winner of US$2,500,000.00. (Two Million Five Hundred United States DOllars Only)
Forward the following information below to our Payment Manager
Full Name, ------------------------- ----------------------------
Address, ---------------------- ------------------------------ -
Country, ---------------------- ------------------------------ ---
Age, -------------------------- ------------------------------ ----
Sex, -------------------------- ------------------------------ -----
Occupation, --------------------------- -----------------------
Tel/Fax Number------------------------ ----------------------
Ticket number: 644 79543465 B448056490902
Serial number: 4708-325
File Ref. ILP/HW /mob126
How to claim your winning prize: To receive your claim, contact the Payment Manager
Contact Officer Name: Mr.Mark Nenez
Contact Email:
marknenez101@hotmail.com
Office Tell: +27-0127712243,+27-847938171

Shell Oil Star Promotion team congratulate you once again on your winning.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Tamminess Nkoli
Publicity Manager

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