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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "remmittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +66 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
• 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.
  • asia_unionbank@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lottery Asia Pacific" <coordinator88@she.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: coordinator44@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:17:01 +0700
Subject: Winning Notification.

Dear Winner ,

Send the below application letter to the ASIA UNION BANK, Bangkok Thailand for your claim:

THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
ASIA UNION BANK PLC. BANGKOK THAILAND
INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE DEPARTMENT THAILAND.



Bangkok,Thailand 10120
Office Tel: +66.286-144-36 # 4
Office Fax: +66-231-181-42
Direct Line: +66-17431-998
Email:asia_unionbank@yahoo.com

Officer In Charge:Mr. Bashir Karim.

Sir,

APPLICATION OF CLAIM OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL/ PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION

PRIZE/AWARD./BATCH: ZVD/97835428/58: REFERENCE:
86/3549/ERN, Held on the 19th July 2005,

REF: No: K.YRT/9863457264/985.

I wish to apply for the claim Of the Asian Pacific
International Promotion Organization prize/award payments.
This is to inform you that my Phone number/Names/Email was attached to
ticket number 175-28694235-94 with serial number
68249-2 that drew the lucky numbers of
32-00-58-78-42-51, which consequently won the lottery
in the 2nd category and I was therefore contacted by
the Vice-President of the ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE/AWARD, Who afterwords instructed me to contact the Co-ordinator, Mr. Steven Bossman for further instruction on how to receive my Prize/award of $1,000, 000.00. (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY) in cash credited to file with REF. No: K.YRT/9863457264/985.

Note that I was warned that all prize money must be
claimed not later than of 30th November 2006. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HIS MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. In this aspect, Please I humble request that you should process and transfer my prize as soon as posible.

I look forward to hearing from you to enable me respond accordingly.

Best regards,
Steven Bossman.
(Coordinator)

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