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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:

Fraud email example:

From: SHELL PROMOTIONS <shellpromonew@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 05:17:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR ID HAS WON THE SHELL 2010 PRIZE!
















































































SHELL UK INC WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF  WESTMORLANDLBERT CORPORATION AND BTINTERNET.COM






REF: 435062725






BATCH: 7050470902/189






WINNING NO: GB8101/LPRC






DATE : 2010 AWARD













 













CONGRATULATIONS!!!













 













Dear Lucky Winner,






 


We
are
delighted
to inform you of your prize which was released on the 4TH JUNE
2010, from the SHELL LOTTERY PROMO,which is fully based
on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from
some sites.






 






Your email address was attached to: ticket number; 4700172507056490102 serial number 7741134002













 













This
batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number
17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.













 













You
hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1.3,000.000 (ONE MILLION
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners
in this category.













 













All
participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia
,United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part
of our international promotion program which is conducted annually.

























Furthermore,
your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative
office in Amsterdam, Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of US$1.3,000.000 will be released to you from this regional branch office in LONDON.






 



We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our end
of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.













 













HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:






Simply contact our fiducial agent,AGENT MR DOUG PETERSEN to file for your claim .













QUOTE YOUR:






1. REFERENCE NO:






2. BATCH NO:






3. WINNING NO:






4: TELEPHONE NO:






5. NAME:






6. EMAIL ID:






7. NATIONALITY:






8. AGE:






9. OCCUPATION:













 













For
security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you.













 













This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participants or
unofficial personnel.













 













Note:
All winnings MUST be claimed by the 30TH JULY 2010 otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.













 













PLEASE CONTACT AGENT: MR DOUG PETERSEN, so that he will inform you on how to receive your winning prize.



















 






AGENT: MR DOUG PETERSEN






Tel: +447031876433






Email: agentdougpetersen@googlemail.com















 






Congratulations once again on your win!!!






Best Regards (co-ordinator)








PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THIS EMAIL!







CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART
OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION













NOTE:















This information and the won prize which it offers have been cleared and registered

by the British Lottery Board (BLB)Clearance and Registration of this
information and the won prize which it offers, has

been signed by Shell Lottery and the British Lottery Board (BLB) Shell
winners certificate and other certificates including picture of
the prize presentation by staff committees of the promo,  will also be
scanned to winners for authentication.














































































































































































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