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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • luiswood2000@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: ""ASIAN.PACIFIC.LOTTERY.PROMOS (may be fake)
Reply-To: asianpacific@she.com
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 23:09:49 +0700
Subject: ASIAN PACIFIC LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

ASIAN PACIFIC LOTTERY PROMOS,
SOI 40 NEW PETCHABURI ROAD
BANGKOK THAILAND.



DATE: 6TH OF MARCH 2006.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:N.EGS/3662367114/13

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the
CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on 20th of January,
2006. All 6 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000
international emails. Your email address emerged
alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
us$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY)
. The following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 03-05-12-14-28-38
(ii) Email ticket number: 085-12876077-09
(iii) Lotto Batch No. EGS/ 22504002/06
(IV) File REF NO: N.EGS/3662367114/13

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings and provide
the following informations to him to enable him process your winning prize:

1. Full names............................................
2. Sex.....................................................
3. Phone and Fax......................................
4. Nationality............................................
5. Present Location(Country)......................

LOTTERY COORDINATOR:
MR. LUIS WOOD
115/15 soi sangkam ,
petchaburi soi 1 RD.Bangkok Thailand
Email: luiswood2000@yahoo.com
Tel: 00(66)-48028743

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Prachaporn Pinn.
Vice President Asian Promotion Bangkok Thailand.



N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 30 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
_______________________________________________________________________
The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, BANGKOK THAILAND. Is
proudly sponsored by financial Corp's, the
Asian,Euro and American group and a conglomeration of other international
IT companies. And is organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that
over 200 Million Dollars are won annually
in more than 150 countries worldwide.

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