419 scam: "CHEVRON" <infoclaims.com@pico.co.ug> ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- chevronoilandgasgroup@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHEVRON" <infoclaims.com@pico.co.ug>
Reply-To: chevronoilandgasgroup@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:08:13 +0300
Subject: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN

We are delighted to inform you the result of the annual final draws of
CHEVRON OIL AND GAS Promo.

The on-line CHEVRON OIL AND GAS Annual Promo draws was conducted by a
random selection of E-mail addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031
E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the Internet. However, no
tickets were sold but all E-mail addresses were assigned to different
ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

After this automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as one
of the five (5) lucky winners in the fourth category for the second prize
with the following data:

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

You as well as the other winners, are therefore to receive a cash prize of
Six Hundred thousand United States Dollars $600.000..00USD for the total
payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your E-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report.Note that all
participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a
computer ballot system drawn
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within 5 days as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$600,000.00 will be
released to you from your regional branch office.

You are required to fill and Submit the below information to the
Processing management via e-mail.

Name:______________
Age:_______________
Sex:_______________
Date of birth______
Home Address:______
Phone number:______
code/number:
Occupation:________
Company:__________
Next of Kin:______
Nationality:______
Country:……..

Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this E-mail: Please you are
advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our Processing
management via e-mail for prompt collection of your fund.

Contact your claim agent: CHEVRON OIL AND GAS GROUP

Email: chevronoilandgasgroup@gmail.com
Your agent will submit your information to the authorized Paying Bank.

For security reasons, we advise 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 program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

All winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this pro-gramme; otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to the
charity organizations.

Thank you and Accept our congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Dora Frank

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