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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • ferdinandmeyer_shell_ng@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SHELL LOTTERY PROMOTION" <shell_ng2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ferdinandmeyer_shell_ng@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:35:24 +0000
Subject: Congratulations from Shell (You are a winner)

 

 

SHELL GROUP UNITED KINGDOM

SHELL MANAGEMENT (CUSTOMER SERVICES)

SHELL CENTER LONDON SE17NA

TEL:00-44-703-194-3280, FAX: 00-44-703-190-8338

 

www.shell.com

 

SHELL LOTTERY PROMOTION

 

REF # :ILP/HW 475061723

BATCH #: 7056490902/188

DATE: 1/08/2006

 

DEAR WINNER

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

Shell group united kingdom(customers service) is delighted to inform you that you emerged one of our lucky winners in the result of the Shell E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the global cash-out lotto by international programme,which took place on the 1st of August, 2006.

 

This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of frequently used e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites.

 

Your e-mail address attached to  number: 275-189-657-23-05 with batch number 7056490902/188 drew the lucky numbers  and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Two hundred and Fifty thousand united states dollars USD$250,000 (in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 475061723.

 

This is from the total cash prize of USD$2M (Two Million United States Dollars),shared amongst the first Ten (8) lucky winners in this category.

 

All participant were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually.

 

This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by The SHELL GROUP (global group of energy and petrochemicals companies.www.shell.com) of Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and also it servers as a way of helping the needy.

From our electronic selection,your details(e-mail address) fell within our West Africa representative office  and your prize of USD$250,000.00 will be released to you from our head office in West Africa.

 

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

 

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact your claims agent, Prof Ferdinand Meyer at email :

 

ferdinandmeyer_shell_ng@yahoo.com 

 

by filling this form below and sending it to him
to file for your claim .

 

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

 

FULLNAME.....................................

DATE BIRTH...................................

ADDRESS......................................

SEX......................................................

AGE.....................................................

NATIONALITY.................................

OCCUPATION..................................

TELEPHONE....................................

EMAIL..........................................

WINNER REF/BATCH NO........................

 

 

ALSO SEND A SCANED COPY OF YOUR DRIVERS LICENCE OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT TO AUTHENTICATE YOUR INFORMATIONS

 

Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

 

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous individuals and also to guard against nonparticipant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programme.

 

Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 15th of August 2006) otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

 

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!! 
 
Yours in service

 

        

MR JOE CHUNG

APPROVED

 

  

                                                        

              

   PAST WINNERS FULL OF EXCITEMENT

 

 

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILLRESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

(MANAGEMENT

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