:: Stringing-along 419 scammers for my amusement ::

This 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 scam published here or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

SHELL GLOBAL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION - Fake Lotto Scam

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Shell Award Lottery department London UK <william@yahoo.com> Reply-to:     mrssonia1@hotmail.com Subject:     congratulation your email has won the sun of 500,000.00 GBP Date:     12/27/2009 06:15:15 PM (Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:15:15 -0400 (AST)) SHELL GLOBAL  LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION FROM: THE DESK OF MRS SONIA JEMMY (ZONAL COORDINATOR) Shell Center, London, SE1 7NA - United Kingdom PHONE:+447031877067 MOTTO : STRIVING TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY ACROSS THE GLOBE! Payment No. M30911 Reply to:mrssonia1@hotmail.com MONTH: DECEMBER, 2009. PAY THE AMOUNT OF: Five Hundred Thousand BRITISH POUNDS * £500,000.00 GBP * AUTHORIZED BY: EURO/ASIA INC. YOU HAVE WON £500,000.00 GREAT BRITISH POUNDS! YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!! Euro/Asia gives ms-word users random cash prizes every month. Today, your account is randomly selected as one of the 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of ( Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds ( £500,000 GBP) for the month of December, 2009 lottery win promotion which is organized by Euro/asia every month. SHELL PETROLEUM FOUNDATION & MICROSOFT CORP., collects all the E-mail addresses of the people that are using especially yahoo mail, msn mail, aol mail, icq mail online and off line on messenger, among the millions that subscribe to internet we only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected to receive top cash prize for this month. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your winning details(e-mail address) to fiducial agent , as indicated in your play coupon and your cash prize of £500,000 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office . We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £37 Million GBP international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers: Reference Number......................... .........02-0H-08 Ticket/Lotto Number........................ ....577-744-3465-E77 Batch Number..........................0952-K File Number........................FA-1305U-ID Serial Number.............................................. 652-662 Category .......................................................2nd Category To begin your claims, kindly contact Our Asian Fiduciary Agent  DR Richard  Maxwell on this email address below. ****************************** ****************************** ******* mrssonia1@hotmail.com ****************************** ****************************** ** You are required to forward your winning details via the above e-mail addresses.And note that you must send your information to the above offices for verification purposes.{email: mrssonia1@hotmail.com} 1. FULL NAME.......................... ..................... 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN........................ ...... 3. PRESENT ADDRESS....................... ........... 4. AGE........................... ............................... 5. OCCUPATION.................... ........................ 6. SEX........................... ............................... 7. TELEPHONE NUMBER........................ ..... 8. MARITAL STATUS........................ ................ 9. BATCH NUMBER........................ .................. 10. TICKET/LOTTO NUMBER............................ 11. SERIAL NUMBER......................................... 12. REFERENCE NUMBER................................. 13. CATEGORY.................................................. 14. AMOUNT WON....................................... As soon as you contact the Fiduciary Agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. For security reasons, we advice 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. Congratulations once again from me and all members of SHELL PETROLEUM FOUNDATION & MICROSOFT CORP.!! Yours Sincerely, DR Richard  maxwell Fiduciary Agent APPROVED MRS Vivian  Jemmy ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR.   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people and / or legitimate organizations whose actual names or other details appear in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! Scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help make themselves and their scam appear legitimate.

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

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, bargain 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.

If you receive one of these scam mails, simply delete it as you would any other spam mails.

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