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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024020684 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • paymentsection1999@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SHELL LOTTO <us_mana33@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <paymentsection1999@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:03:18 +0100
Subject:
=?Windows-1252?Q?SHELL_COMPANY_LOTTERY_NOTIFICATION_OF_WINNERS.YOUR_E-MAI?=
=?Windows-1252?Q?L_HAVE_WON........=A9_...?=




COMPANY LOTTERY.














CONGRATULATIONS!!!

SHELL LOTTERY 2007 FREE LOTTERY DRAW

THE SHELL COMPANY, PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT, 72451 KHALDIYA, KUWAIT.

Tel:+447024020684
Shell Management Kuwait (Notification Services)


Dear Winner
We happily announce to you the draw (#951), you as one of the 20 winners,of theShell Company Lottery Promo,online program held on on 23th Agust,2007

All 20 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails..Shell Company Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD$ 1,000,000,00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) only. Your email address emerged along side 9 others as a category to winner in this year's Annual.

The Shell company 2007 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,Chevron,Global Oil,MMD Group of Companies,Intel Group,Toshiba, National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC, Mckintosh,Cheetah Oil & Gas Ltd .And mostly by the Kuwiat Government.TheShell companyfree lottery draw is held once a year.And is so organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.And also to advertise the Shell company world wide.

We are proud to say that over US $ 20 Million are won annually in more than 150 countries world wide.

Shell company . Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of usd$1,000,000.00 (one million dollars) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order(subsequently which won you the JACKPOT category ):

(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76(iii) lotto code number: FL09622UK(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/KUWAIT

WARNING!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim your prize money.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.

To file your claim,please contact our fiduciary agent:


CONTACT: Mr. Ibrahim Bello
E-MAIL: paymentsection1999@yahoo.com

PHONE NUMBER:+447024020684
WEBSITE: www.shell.com






CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Shell company
Company Director,


Sincerely,Mr. William More
Promotions Manager
Shell company Kuwait.

Copyright © 2007 Shell company Inc. all rights reserved.The expressed written permission of Kuwait Government.
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