419 scam: SHELL LOTTERY AWARD 2014 <shellaward897@barid.com> ((((Congratulations! YOUR EMAIL won SHELL lottery 2014))

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (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.
- +447035910957 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- mrslynn_derek64@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: SHELL LOTTERY AWARD 2014 <shellaward897@barid.com>
Reply-To: <mrslynn_derek64@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 23:03:15 +0100
Subject: ((((Congratulations! YOUR EMAIL won SHELL lottery 2014))

SHELL LOTTERY AWARD PROMO
================================================================================================================
PO Box 1100 Chesterfield S44 5YQ,
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BATCH REF: FEBUARY/2014/YY

This is to inform you that you won a prize money of five hundred
thousandGreat British Pound [GBP 500,000,00] for the 2014 International
E-mail
Draw Awards, organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).

SPDC collects all the email addresses of people who are active on the
Internet , between the millions of people that subscribed to Yahoo,
Hotmail, AOL, Walla, Gmail, mail.Cz, American Mail, Mail Russian,
Indian Mail, Arabic Mail, Italian mails, and only few from other e-mail
providers. Six people are selected each year take advantage of this
offerand you are one of the selected winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

The winners will be paid in accordance with the Settlement Center.
Shellawards must be claimed no later than 15 days from the date
ofnotification
Draw. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Listed below is your identification number:

REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511

These figures, which fall within the America Location file [ALF], you
areasked to contact our fiduciary agent in England [Mrs Lynn Derek] on
the
details below and send your winning numbers to her;

Agent Name:Mrs Lynn Derek
E-Mail: mrslynn_derek64@hotmail.com
Tel: +447035910957

Lottery winners form of payment requests.
FullName .................................................
Date of Birth ..................................
ADDRESS ................................................. .
SEX .........................
AGE ..................................
State ............. ...............................
Occupation ...........................................
TELEPHONE ..........................................
EMAIL ......................... ........................

The winner of reference / batch No ........................... Approved
For CHKO TBU.

They begin a process that will allow the release of funds to you.

ATTENTION: Your reply and the information should be send to MRS LYNN
DEREK
EMAIL. (mrslynn_derek64@hotmail.com)

Congratulations! once again!

Best Regards,
Dr. (Mrs.) Olivia Gary
(SHELL LOTTERY PROMO ORGANIZER 2014)

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