02 July 2010

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.

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6 comments:

rafoesis said...

Shell Petroleum Plc
England Office: St James Court, Great Park Road,
Almondsbury Park, Bradley Stoke,
Bristol BS32 4QJ,England
Desk Of: Mark Williams
Tel: +44-7423-180-704
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Dear Winner,

We acknowledge the receipt of your mail with regard to the winning notification as earlier sent to you. The 2011 Shell Development Petroleum London, Award is no doubt, a momentous achievement in the chequered history of this Corporation.

On behalf of the entire staff of the Organization, I wish to congratulate all non-Governmental Organizations who have in no little way contributed immensely towards the success of this draw as well as taking concrete steps towards it's actualization. All participants were selected randomly from all mobile providers. This promotion is part of the financial empowerment programme of the Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) in it's struggle to alleviate poverty.

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.

Note: Your won prize is £995,000.00 (Nine hundred and ninety five thousand pounds).

Please, Kindly provide us with the following information for Verification of your Prize;

Full name.......................................
Address.........................................
Age........................... ....................
Sex...............................................
Nationality......................................
Home Telephone #...........................
Mobile Telephone #..........................
E-mail address.................................
Marital Status..................................
Occupation......................................

You are warned to keep your winning information to yourself until your fund is released to you to avoid double claim which will lead to absolute cancellation/termination of Award.

Once again, We congratulate you for this landmark achievement and implore you with the responsibility of ensuring successful claims.


Kind Regards,
Mark Williams
(Prize Claims Agent/Down Stream Director)

rafoesis said...

FUNDS REMITTANCE AND CASH TRANSFER DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS.
LONDON ENGLAND -UNITED KINGDOM.

ATTENTION: VALUED CUSTOMER


REGARDING YOUR PRIZE FROM SHELL.


THIS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR FUND RELEASE APPLICATION FROM DR. MARK WILLIAMS OF THE SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. WE HAVE PROCESSED THE APPLICATION AND WISH TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS BANK. CONSEQUENT UPON THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE REQUIRE THAT YOU SEND US THE BELOW REQUIREMENTS SO AS TO AUTHENTICATE YOUR CLAIM AND PROCEED TO THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS TO ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. PLEASE SEND US THE DOCUMENTS BELOW;

1. CERTIFICATE OF AWARD ISSUED TO YOU BY THE SHELL AWARD DEPARTMENT.

2. SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM FROM HER MAJESTY CROWN COURT HERE IN LONDON

THE SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM IS TO EMPOWER US WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGITIMATE RIGHT NEEDED TO TRANSFER THIS FUND OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM AS IT IS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TO THE LAWS ENACTING INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE HERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, TO LEGALIZE AND NOTARIZE.

AS SOON AS YOU PROCURE THESE TWO DOCUMENTS AND SEND TO US, WE SHALL ASK FOR YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND WILL CARRYOUT A SWIFT TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL SUM OF £ 995,000.00 GBP [NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS] TO ANY BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE AND THIS TRANSFER WILL TAKE A MAXIMUM TRANSFER PERIOD OF 3 DAYS TO REFLECT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT DR. MARK WILLIAMS ( mobileshell@live.co.uk ) AND ASK HIM FOR ADVICE AND GUIDELINES ON HOW TO GET THESE DOCUMENTS SO THAT WE CAN COMMENCE YOUR TRANSFER. WE ANTICIPATE YOUR STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE ABOVE STATED INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HITCH FREE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT.


YOURS FAITHFULLY,

SIR PAUL WISCONFIELD.
HEAD OF OPERATIONS.
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC.
LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.

rafoesis said...

Shell Petroleum Development Company of England


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Shell Petroleum Plc
England Office: St James Court, Great Park Road,
Almondsbury Park, Bradley Stoke,
Bristol BS32 4QJ,England
Desk Of: Mark Williams
Tel: +44-7423-180-704
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Dear Fund Beneficiary,


Having received the required information from you, we wish to acknowledge its receipt and provide further guidelines for the successful claim of your prize money. I have forwarded the information you provided to the appropriate department for the preparation of your certificate of award.

Your prize award was deposited with the Lloyds TSB Bank PLC London. This bank shall release this fund to you once you have satisfied their claim formalities.

I wish to inform you that I have made an application for fund release on your behalf and I have sent it to the Head of Operations of the Lloyds TSB Bank PLC London;

As soon as the bank manager receives this application which I have sent him, he shall write you an e-mail with a list of claim requirements which you are to send them. You are to send any e-mail you receive from the bank manager to me so that I can provide further guidelines and expedite action towards the procurement of their claim requirements.

You are also advised in your own interest to hasten up with this process as the bank shall not entertain any sign of inconsistency in this claim process. They also reserve the right at their discretion to disqualify any claimant who fails to furnish them with the required documents which shall facilitate the release of the prize money. God bless and keep me posted.

Note: you are to keep your winning information's to your self to avoid double claim as we had in the past.

Always check the junk/bulk email folder of your mailbox, as some email go in there due to poor network.



Kind Regards,
Mark Williams
(Prize Claims Agent/Down Stream Director)

Xaivier Chia said...

Hi rafoesis,

Looking forward to hearing your explanation and experience.

Watch out and all the best.

pinxx said...

i received a similar infact identical mail.but i dnt understand the purpose of it.its mere harrasment and nothing else.The concerned person so called Mr.BEN JOHN KENNEDY will be coming to my place to drop the prize money,which is completely fake

Xaivier Chia said...

The purpose of this scam email is to collect some personal detail for cheating purpose. Be aware!

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