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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:
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: d_brown1970@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:34:12 +0100
Subject: DEAR SHELL BENEFICIARY
[image: Shell logo]Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria
======================================================================================Shell Industrial Area, Rumobiakani, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Tel: +234 803 744
5335
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*BATCH REF: NOV/008/YY
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three Million
United States Dollars (US$3,000,000.00) for the 2008 International E-mail
Draw which is Organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).
SPDC collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,
among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, Gmail, Russian Mail
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
Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Shell
Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification.
Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below is your identification number:
REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511
This numbers fall within the Nigerian Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in Port Harcourt [Dr.Donald Brown] with the
details below and send your winning identification numbers to him;
E-Mail: d_brown1970@hotmail.com<http://us.mc1105.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to brown1970@hotmail.com>
TEL: +2348037445335
He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release
of your fund to you.
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs.) Lynda Johnson
[Publicity Secretary]*
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