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Lottery Scams: SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

Lottery Scam Email:
SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
"Richard K. Loyld", "Elizabeth Walter"

Have you received an email from "Richard K. Loyld" at "SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" telling you that "your email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to contact "Elizabeth Walter" to collect your winnings? Is it a lottery?  A sweepstakes?  A promotion?  You don't remember buying a ticket and it says "your email address" won! It is a scam. No legitimate, legal lottery notifies winners vian email (see footnote) The scammers may change the names and details, but it is still a scam!

Below is another example of a fake lottery; this email claims to be from the "SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL".  

Although the most important clue is that no legitimate lottery will ever email a winner, there are many other signs that this is a fraud. We have highlighted some of these in the email below, not the least of which are:

  • Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a "computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even Microsoft has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they suggest.

  • Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers apparently don't know how to use spell checkers.  We assume they dropped out of school before that class. They use almost excessive and random CapItaLiZAtion. They often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to be "22nd". These scammers usually write at the 3rd grade level. Being non-native English speakers, they also often get first names and surnames (last names reversed), so you will frequently see names like "Mr. SMITH JAMES.", instead of "Mr. James Smith", along with the peculiar usage of periods (full stops) and spaces or the lack thereof. Real lotteries also proofread their emails and look and read more professional.

  • Using free email account: The scammer is writing to you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.).  Don't you think a real organization would use its own email, its own domain and website?

  • Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming" because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them! It should read: "For our own security, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until we have finished scamming you!"

  • Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO NOTIFY WINNERS.  Period.  Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it is a scam.

Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification. 


Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change names, dates and addresses!):

Ref: SHL/9420X2/68

Batch:074/05/ZY369.

 

              SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.

 

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today, 19TH  of Febuary, 2008 of winners of the SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL, held on  the 19th of Febuary, 2008.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 552,000,00 (Five hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file  XYL/26510460037/04.

 

SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. is approved by the British Gambling Board. To begin  the processing of your prize, you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more infomation as regards the procedures to claim your prize.

Official: Elizabeth Walter (MRS)

Email: waltersoffice011@yahoo.gr

 

VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE FORM

   1.Full Name:

   2.Full Address:

   3.Marital Status:

   4.Occupation:

   5.Age:

   6.Sex:

   7.Nationality:

   8.Country Of Residence:

   9.Telephone Number:

 

Mr Richard K. Loyld.

Tel:+44 70359 02664

 

                Sweepstakes International Program.

            Copyright @ 2007 Shell Lottery International.


Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery 

Click here for the huge list of the names of the currently identified lottery scams companies

* Re: emails of winnings. We know of only ONE exception in the world to this rule - and if you bought a ticket from them, you would know it, and would not be questioning it.