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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: Mr Joel Jackson <mr.joeljackson1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:39:01 +0100
Subject: Re;I await to hear from you ;

SHELL PETROLEUM LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
IN COLLABORATION WITH SHELL OIL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
REF N?: EGS/2251256003/02 BATCH N?: 14/0017/1PD
WINNING N?: 60/84/27/17/36

Dear Lottery winner ,

Winner in the 15nd category of our Shell Management free Net Lottery
Promotional award draws held on Jan 19 2022.I am writing in respect to
our lotto winning prize of S1,000,000.00 (One Million United State
Dollar only) which you won through the email ballot draws in our
Management Lotto Award in Jan 19 2022 in the second category prize
winnings category.We wish to inform you that your total prize money of
1,0 0,000.00 (One Million United State Dollar only) has been to us by
our Lotto claims delivery company as unclaimed after birth initial
letter to your address for your award payment was not successful. You
are hereby requested to contact our Treasury Officer on his email
address below for your immediate award payment.

SPDC collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online,among the millions that subscribed
toYahoo,Aol,Walla,Gmail,Russian Mail,Hotmail and few from other
e-providers.100 people are selected yearly to benefit from this
promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners this year by this
ngreat Oil company.You are advice to contact the processing officer
immediately receptionist of this message.Contact the claim agents:

FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER,
CONTACT: Mr David Moore
Reply to Email: [mr.davidmoore08@gmail.com]

It is important to note you that your award information released with
Be the following articulars. To file for your claim,please contact our
agent Mr David Moore With the feed edification/Fund Release Below;

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Please note: please contact our agent Mr David Moore [mr.davidmoore08@gmail.com]

Regards,
Mr Joel Jackson
[ CLAIM AGENT]

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