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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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Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:27:14 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SHELL_WINNER_(Your_E-mail_has_won_you_US$3,000,000.00)?=
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria=0D
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Shell Industrial Area, Rumobiakani, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Tel: +234 803 24=
9 3542=0D
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BATCH REF: OCTOBER/008/YY =0D
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This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three Million Unit=
ed States Dollars (US$3,000,000.00) for the 2008 International E-mail Draw =
which is Organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). =0D
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SPDC collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,=
among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla,Gmail, Russian Mai=
l 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 Winne=
rs. =0D
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PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM =0D
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Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Shell A=
ward must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification.=
Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. =0D
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Stated below is your identification number: =0D
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REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511 =0D
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This numbers fall within the Nigerian Location file, you are requested to c=
ontact our fiduciary agent in Port Harcourt [Mr. Philip Mathew] with the de=
tails below and send your winning identification numbers to him; =0D
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E-Mail: shellclaims25@live.com=0D
Tel: +2348032493542=0D
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He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release =
of your fund to you. =0D
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Congratulations!! once again. =0D
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Yours in service, =0D
Dr. (Mrs.) Lynda Jones =0D
[Publicity Secretary]
---------------------- ALICE N=B01 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*-------------=
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D=E9couvrez vite l'offre exclusive ALICE BOX! En cliquant ici http://abonne=
ment.aliceadsl.fr Offre soumise =E0 conditions.*Source : TNS SOFRES / BEARI=
NG POINT. Secteur Fournisseur d.Acc=E8s Internet
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