419 scam: "Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company Promotion"<helpdesk@speakeasy.net> Your E-Mail Was Randomly Selected!!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company Promotion" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@chevronpromotion.tk>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:34:48 +0800
Subject: Your E-Mail Was Randomly Selected!!!

Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company Lottery Promotion
Chevron House,30 Raffles Place,
Beijing,China (ASIA DISTRICT)
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Our Reference: CHT 2010/19513-10.
Our Batch: 24/00319/CHT

Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of $1,000,000.00(One Million United States Dollars)for the Yearly Lottery promotion which is organized by Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company,Your Email was selected by the Microsoft Corporation which Always Supplied this Company With Fifty Thousand Email Addresses Of Active Internet Users Yearly, And Your Email Address Was Submitted as One Of the Active Internet Users For the Year 2009. After Email Address are Been Submitted to Us For the Random Selection By Microsoft Corporation,we only select five people as our winners,through electronic balloting System without the winner applying.

These are your identification numbers:
Ticket Number: 07911425896/2000
Serial Number: 3872/506
Lucky Numbers:7/4/88/28/01/40

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
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1. Full name:......
2. Sex:......
3. Age:......
4. Telephone Number:......
5. Marital Status:......
6. Occupation:......
7. State:......
8. Country:......

To file for your claim, please fill and submit your verification form to our fiduciary manager immediately via email.

Contact Person: Dr.Tsing Tao.
(FUND MANAGER)
E-mail: info@chevronpromotion.tk

I want to Congratulate You In Advance and Please Do Not Forget to Help the Poor In the Society When Chevron Texaco Makes You a Beneficiary Of their World Of Wealth.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Diana Yang
For the Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company,
China,Asia.

© Copyright © 2010 Chevron Texaco Oil And Gas Lottery.

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