Shell Petroleum Development Company of England poverty Alleviation Program

Actually, I am quite tired. It is because everyday "silly people" are trying to give me "money"... Again, a prize of Ј500,000.00 from Shell Petroleum Development Company of England poverty alleviation program
was released to me... But, obviously, this is another scam, spam and phishing email. Why? First of all, let's have a look at the content of this scam email as shown below:

" 
From:  Mark Scott <markscott@officer.com>
To:

Shell Email Lottery Administrative Department,
1 West ferry Circus, Canary Wharf London,
United Kingdom E14 4HA.
Reference No: CMLC-L/F56-554562.
Batch No: CMLC-9932009


We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released on the Tuesday April 27, 2010 by Shell Petroleum Development Company of England poverty alleviation program which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from sites and your email address were attached to.

REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511
TICKET NUMBER: 644 79543465 B44805
SERIAL NUMBER: 4708-325


This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 13, 26,34,48,97 and bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You have been approved to receive the sum of Ј500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) in cash, credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared among six lucky winners in this category.


All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, rediffmail, Gmail, Russian Mail, Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers in Canada, Australia, United States of America, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania Six people are selected annually to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.


This Lottery was organized by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of England as part of her social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have an operational base. Furthermore, your detailed (e-mail address) falls within our Asian representative office in London, United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of Ј500,000.00 will be released to you from our regional bank as appointed by the United Nation also in London. We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for Ј1.5 Billion international draw.


However, the 2010 Shell International E-mail Promotion is no doubt, a momentous achievement in the history of this Corporation. While basking in the euphoria of this achievement, I wish to seize this opportunity to acquaint you with guidelines as you must follow in order to complete your claims. On our part, we have a mandate to see you through.


We will work assiduously to realize this mandate as we respect your views opinions and most importantly protect your Privacy. This promotion is part of the financial empowerment program of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in its struggle to alleviate poverty. To file for your claim please contact your fiduciary agent for the immediate release of your lottery prize.


Name: Barrister Anthony Smith
Email: barr_anthonysmith101@lawyer.com
Tell: +447045757336


You are required to forward the following details to help process your winning Certificate, which will facilitate the release of your Ј500,000.00 to you. Make sure all information is correct and to the best of your knowledge to avoid termination of your prize.


1. First Name:................................
2. Middle Name:................................
3. Last Name:................................
4. Address:........................
5. State/province:...................
6. Country:...........................
7. Nationality:.......................
8. Mobile Phone Number:..............
9. Home Phone Number:................
10. Occupation:..............
11. Sex:......................
12. Age:.....................


I hereby declare that the above information is true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit the rights to my winning. Please also quote your reference, batch and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this notification.


For security reasons we advice all winners to keep their 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-participants or unofficial personnel.


Awards must be claimed not later than 2 weeks from the day of this notification, otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually be donated to charity organizations.


Yours in Service,


Mark Scott (PhD).
Publicity Officer (SPD)"

1. Now, you need to ask yourself why the email address of the sender is markscott@officer.com? Is this an official email address of the company?(Definitely, not)

2. Next, ask yourself again, have you seen your email address in this email? (Definitely, not)

To conclude, always ask yourself these two questions before take any action upon this kind of email. This simple action will definitely help you to identify this kind of scam email in the future. Feel free to give me a comment about this topic. It will be a great support to Xaivier Blog.

Written by: Xaivier Chia

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