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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 Plc (RDS)" <mzareiee@du.ac.ir>
Reply-To: sfcaffair@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 02:09:08 +0330 (IRST)
Subject: Good day


Good day,

Royal Dutch Shell Plc{RDS} in conjunction with the British parliament hereby inform you of the on going 2015/2016 Financial Empowerment Program(F.E.P) audited by IMF in accordance with the "Act of decree 675 of the National Act as adopted in 1996 and amended on July 13, 2011 by Parliament"to boost Global Economy. Your e-mail address was randomly selected through Intelligent Monitoring Unit(I.M.U) and RDS new Java.

By so doing, Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds (£2,500,000 GBP) has been tagged and donated in your favour; Your Payment reference number is (UK/003/015/RDS).

Furthermore, you are required to contact the British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs{Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP} with your below bio data to enable him process your donated funds to you in collaboration with Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of RDS.
(1)Full names: (2)Address: (3)Country: (4)Nationality: (5)Phone #: (6)Age:(7)Occupation: (8)Reference number: **A scan copy of your passport or Drivers License or any mode of identification.***
..............................................................
Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP{Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs(FCO)
Email: sfcaffair@hotmail.com : sfcaffairs@englandmail.com
Tel: (+44) 701 113 7020
..............................................................
Be advised that due to incessant mix up in donated funds transfer, we advise that you Keep your FEP information confidential until your claims is been processed and finally transferred to you. This security protocol is meant to avoid double claims, transfer and unwarranted abuse of this program by other participants.

Kind Regards,
BEN VAN BEURDEN.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC (RDS).
CC: SHELL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CC: COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIR.
CC: ONLINE COORDINATOR.

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