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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: "Patrick Mosley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <patrick.mosley@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:34:05 -0500
Subject: SHELL WINNER 2014

SHELL PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
BATCH #: SLSA-0385-SHI
TICKET #: 4278-8845-284

Reference Number: 73284294SA

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD$1,200,000.00) for the month of Dec, 2014 Prize promotion which is organized by SHELL PETROLEUM IT'L COMPANY.
SHELL collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,among the millions that subscribed to various websites. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:

Forward the above requested details to your cashier Mr Patrick Mosley via his email.

You will receive your payment in form of cheque (International Certified)

Note that USD$200 (Delivery and Insurance charges) is the ONLY amount you have to pay to receive your prize.It is not deductible which means it cannot be deducted from your cheque.

Congratulations!!!


Sincerely,
Mr Marvin Odum
President SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SPDC)

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