The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Shell Intl Promotion <thiefmaster2000@aol.com> Subject:     CONGRATULATIONS !! YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON YAHOO BETA ONLINE PROGRAMME 2008. Date:     Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:05:14 -0400 YAHOO BETA /MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2008 GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE!!! YAHOO BETA /MICROSOFT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X).    Ref No: YBM-EBS-719AF    Batch Number: YBM-EBS-390AF    Winning Number. YBM-EBS-798AF    Coupon No.MSTL-146478972197   Dear Email Bearer,                             CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!    Yahoo Beta private International E-games organizers and  Co-sponsors, MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of 2008 YAHOO MICROSOFT / STAATSLOTERIJ wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in London.    Most recently this foundation set up the YAHOO BETA LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art and literature projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to Congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 5 lucky consolation prize winners.    Your email ID identified with Coupon No. MSTL-146478972197 was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.    You have won a consolation cash prize of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only).The YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ Group have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.    Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consolation prize. For due processing of your winning claim, please contact your claim Agent Rev.Father John Palenberg who has been assigned to assist you.                     CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:         Name: Rev.Father John Palenberg    E-mail:revfrjohnpalenberg08@live.com     Telephone Number: +447031987990    You are advised to provide him with the following information:   Name:    Phone/Fax Number:    Nationality:    Marital Status:    Age:     Ref Number: YBM-EBS-719AF     Batch Number: YBM-EBS-390AF    Winning Number: YBM-EBS-798AF   Coupon Number:    MSTL-146478972197                                                                                                    MEANS OF PAYMENT      Cheque Delivery    Atm Card Payment    Bank Account Transfer    Diplomatic Means    Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your Consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our Forth coming YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ Email-games.   Regards,    (Group Coordinator)     NB: In accordance with the YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 5 lucky consolation prize Winners. This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky number along with the winning information, you are not authorized to read, print, retain copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.                                        Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Yahoo Lottery Award Inc.UK   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam e-mail published on this website, the solution is simple. Don't send me spam.