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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: BRITISH PETROLEUM <root@fssprus.ru>
Reply-To: <britishpetroleum93@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:38:26 +0100
Subject: FROM; SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WINNING PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Dear: Congratulations!!! once again.


Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:56 AM

BRITISH PETROLEUM
BP 329 GREEN STREET UPTON
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA E139AB
NIGERIA Petroleum (BP)
(PROMO FROM BRITISH PETROLEUM)
BATCH REF: BP/010/KL/M

we are pleased to inform you that you have won a prize money of
($1,200,million) 000.00 for the 2016 International E-mail Draw which is
organized by REPUBLIC OF

NIGERIA Petroleum (BP).

BP collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, AOL, rambler.ru,
Gail, Mail, Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. 100 people are
selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the
Selected
Winners this year by this oil company.

BP reached agreement on a ( $1,200,000.00 million) fund to compensate
victims of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the giant
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA oil company's chairman apologized to America for
the worst environmental accident in the nation's history.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. BP
Award must be claimed not later than final claim day from date of Draw
Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.You have therefore been approved for the payment of (
$1,200,000.00 million BP)

CONGRATULATIONS!

Stated below is your identification number: REFERENCE NUMBER: BP-081511
Note: payment to make only by ATM card and QUENCH or by bank transfer

(REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA OIL company)

Name:Mr. Foxton Richard,My (CLAIM AGENT)

E-Mail: britishpetroleum93@gmail.com

Tel CALL him (234) 80 67 68 87 15

He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the
release of your fund. Fill the below form and send to your agent.

Full Name.......................
Address .........................
Country of Origin..............
Occupation.....................
Age................................
Phone Number.................
Sex................................
Winning Email.................

Note: You are to keep all the lotto information away from the general
public especially your batch ref and reference number. (this is
important as a case of double claiming will not be entertained)

Congratulations!!! once again.
Yours Faithfully,
Edith Wesley.(Mrs.)
[BP. Publicity Secretary
SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WINNING PRIZE NOTIFICATION

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