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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • shellpromo776ng@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "shell lotto promo" <slp777ng@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:22:51 +0000
Subject: Congratulations, you have won $300,000.00 dollar.

                                             

Shell  Lottery Promo
Shell  Management Ouaga BF
(Customer Services)

Ref: Ng/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING

                            NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING

 

We happily announce to you the draw (#951) of the Shell  Lottery Promo,
online Shell program held on 3rd of Janauary 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02-19-28-33-44-49 (bonus no.21), which subsequently won you the lottery JACKPOT category i.e match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of 2,800,000.00 shared amongst four (4) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through Ballot draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

 

Note that 10% of your claim will go for the tsunami victims. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon.

 

In view of this, your $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand  Dollars) would be released to you by any of our payment offices.

 

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

 

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

 

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

 

To file for your claim. please contact Your fiduciary agent.

 

Name: Harrison Cox.  (Shell Fund Mgt)

Email: shellpromo776ng@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: +226-7037-7447.

 

Call or email  your agent for him to send you the Payment Processing form you will fill and send back to him .

Note: All claims must be made before the 30th of September. 2006.

 

Mr Joe Chung

 

 

APPROVED

Good luck & congratulation,

The Shell  Lottery Promo.

    

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