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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • contact_asiapacificc@islamabad.net

Fraud email example:

From: "HIEN LEE" <hien_lee@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: contact_asiapacific@islamabad.net
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:50:47 +0000
Subject: FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION

PRIZE/AWARD BANGKOK THAILAND.

BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/03: REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD

ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!

RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.

This is to inform you of the release of ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held on the 5th of November 2005, but
owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the results
were released on the 28th of December 2005.

Your name was attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial number
51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which consequently
won the lottery in the 5th category. You have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay of 1.000,000.00. (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY), in
cash credited to file with REF: N.EGS/3662367114/13. This is from a total
cash prize of 70,020.225.00, shared among the twenty-five international
winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok Thailand
and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keepthis award from public notice until your claim has been
processed, and the money remitted to your account, as this is part of our
security protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of
advantage of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names, email addresses & official addresses, from Asia, Australia,
New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa, as
part of our International Promotions Program.

We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact our Co-ordinator as
follows,

NAME: MR.EVANS TIMOTHY
TEL: 00(66) 710 35227
EMAIL: contact_asiapacificc@islamabad.net

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of March 2006.
Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HIS MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT
OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning
belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the company that
bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name. Note also that this
10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize, because
the money is insured in your name already.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences
with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do
inform our Co-ordinator as soon possible. An original copy of your lucky
winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be sent to you by
Administrative Remittance Operation Manager of Fortis Bank Bangkok
Thailand.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you
for being a part of our International Promotions program.

We wish you continued good fortunes.

Sincerely,

Mrs Hien Lee.
Vice President Asian Promotion Bangkok Thailand.

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