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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: SHELL <bob@nnel.ga>
Reply-To: <allend875@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 22:05:55 +0530
Subject: SHELL OIL COMPANY EMAIL LOTTERY-2016

SHELL OIL COMPANY EMAIL LOTTERY-2016
57 SLOANE STREET, EPSOM
DOWNS, BRYANSTON, 2021


The winning ticket of a US$113 million Shell Oil jackpot was bought in Britain, breaking the record for the countries largest ever lottery win, Camelot has confirmed your Email I.D. Cash prize of US$1,500.000.00

ATTN: LUCKY WINNER CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This is to inform you of the released of the Shell Oil Millions jackpot held on Friday 18th of MAR 2016 .Your Email Address attached to ticket Winning numbers for Lotto # Lucky Star 01 05 (Friday 18th MAR 2016: Bonus 09 29 31 34 35 02 8:53am consequently won the lottery with raffle winning tickets:Shell Oil Millionaire Maker (B D M 1 9 6 3 6 1), Millionaire Raffle winning ticket: 11 19 29 37 40 41, winning numbers for Email I’d.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$1,500,000,00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash credited to file with REF. NO. AQUA 0717 5432 and BATCH NO. (AQUA 0892 5255) this is from a total cash prize of US$84,000,000,00 (Eighty Four Million United States Dollars Only) shared among all the international winners in Raffle tier 1 1 prize. category.

Your fund is now deposited and insured in your name, Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this your winning award from the public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted into your account, as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of an advantage of this programmed by participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from USA,Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America and Africa as part of our International promotions programmed, which we conduct once every year. We hope you’re lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the next year’s high stake ? 1.3 Billion inter lottery.

AQUA 0717 5432 AQUA 0892 5255
BLUE 1387 6607 BLUE 4935 7070 BLUE 7988 9567 BLUE 8750 9505
GOLD 7154 5239 GOLD 7380 8072 GOLD 7620 3898
JADE 0558 7875 JADE 1153 4812
PLUM 5774 6302
ROSE 4224 6236
RUBY 0502 8709 RUBY 4946 3388 RUBY 6678 9708 RUBY 6935 5326 RUBY 7225 2966
TEAL 4086 9255 TEAL 8467 8920

How to claim your prize:

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent Mr. Moore Phillip on Tel: +27 83 724 0850 Email: phillip@collector.org or allend875@gmail.com at the following times: 24hours 7 days a week for the processing and remittance of your winning prize money into your designated bank account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30 days, after this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Note: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Please send your Full Name, Home and Office Address Tel & Fax Number, Mobile Tel Number and your winning ticket number, reference numbers and amount won information for processing of your winning fund to our registered claim agent. Please be informed that anybody under 18 years old is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely,

Greg Smith, (Executive Director)


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