419 scam: "CHEVRON" <jordaan2000@att.net> Webmail Notification

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million pounds" (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)
- "chevron10@luckymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +27780434602 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHEVRON" <jordaan2000@att.net>
Reply-To: <chevron10@luckymail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:32:45 +0200
Subject: Webmail Notification

Ref No: CH34/15DX/2010
Batch No: MACLL121/3723
Date: 16th March, 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

The management of The Chevron Lottery Promotions is pleased to inform you that you have emerged as one of the Seventeen (17) winners of our 2nd International
Online Awareness Sweepstakes Program which was drawn on the 15th of March, 2011. Your email attached to compu-ticket play coupon No.134-1224-232-15-2111,
with serial number 22-14-206 drew the lucky numbers: 12-24-32-34-36-45 Bonus (16), and consequently won the lottery. Recipients of this notification should
note that no tickets were sold for this draw since participants were selected automatically from a database of 218 Million Email Addresses generated using our E-ballot Software.

You have therefore been approved for the lump sum pay out of£3,000,000.00(Three Million Pounds Sterling) credited to file REF No: CH34/15DX/2010. This is from total prize money of £82,000,000.00 (Eighty-two Million Pounds Sterling) Promotional budget shared among the Seventeen (17) international winners in this category.

To begin claims procedure contact the Claims Officer (Danny Lawrence) by email (chevron10@luckymail.com) or call (Tel: +27 78 043 4602) and provide the
information below for verification:

Full Name:
Address:
Gender and Age:
Occupation:
Ref No and Batch No:
Tel/Fax:
Important

1. All claims must be submitted to the claims department not later than five days of this notification, otherwise will be automatically disqualified and
Prize returned to Chevron Lottery Trust Account as unclaimed.

2. Our winners are assured of the highest standards of confidentiality and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be
further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery double claim attempt detected by our monitoring committee will lead to automatic disqualification and prize returned to our
lottery pool as unclaimed.

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