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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 Petroleum Development Company <yahawrd555@gmail.com>
Reply-To: claim.spdcpr@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 04:47:23 +0530
Subject: Dearvalued winner,

P.O. Box 240000

Huntsville, AL 35813, USA

05 Intergraph Way

Madison, AL 35758, USA

Tel: +19284854875







Dear valued winner,



This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight Hundred and
Forty Five Thousand

($845,000.00 United States Dollar) in the just concluded 2021 International
E-mail Draw

Which is organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)? SPDC
collects all the

Email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions
that subscribed to

Yahoo, AOL, Walla, Gmail, Russian Mail and Hotmail and few from other
e-mail providers.

Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are
one of the

Selected Winners.



PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM



Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. SPDC
price Award must

Be claimed in nothing later than 15 work days from date of Draw
Notification. Any Prize not

Claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below is your
identification number:



REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511



This numbers fall within the Asia Location file and you are requested to
contact our fiduciary

Agent in Bangkok, Thailand and send him your winning identification numbers;



Name: Barr. Cadman H. Mongkut Esq.

E-Mail: claim.spdcpr@hotmail.com



He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release
of your fund to you.



Yours in service,

Dr. Philip Durand

[Publicity Secretary]

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