419 scam: "Chevron Texaco"<info@info.com> CHEVRON TEXACO AWARD 2012

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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:
- "claims director" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- +447031986527 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chevron Texaco" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deptclaims2121@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 08:58:58 -0800
Subject: CHEVRON TEXACO AWARD 2012

CHEVRON TEXACO | PROMOTIONAL | LOTTERY

Street 11-27 Connecticut Avenue

Northwest United Kingdom

Congratulations !!!,

We are glad to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two

Million, Eight Hundred

And Sixty Thousand United States Dollars US$2,860,000.00, and a brand

new laptop from

Chevron Texaco Promotion Award 2012.

The online promotion draws was conducted from an exclusive list of

data base addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an

advanced automated random computer search from world internet log base..

Please you are advised to fill the form below correctly and send it

immediately to our foreign claims department for verification through

email below for prompt collection of your funds.

Full Name:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

Home Address:

Date Of Birth:

Occupation:

Office Address:

E-mail:

Further more for your claims of $2,860,000 Dollars, you are advice to

responds for guidance for you to receive your winning money.

If you have any questions, please call me for details. Tel: +447031986527

PLEASE NOTE I ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH.

Yours faithfully

Mr David Waltson

Tel: +447031986527

Claims Director

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