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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +66894844908 (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.
  • asiapacific7@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrs tom ong <mrstom_ong65@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <asiapacific7@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:49:05 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!! WINNING NOTIFICATIONS















ASIAN PACIFIC INT'L LOTTERY



ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION3 Rajdamnern Avenue Bangkok 10200
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/03: REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD


WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the release of ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held on the 20th of July 2007, but owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the results were released on the 15th of september 2007.

We wish to congratulate you over your email address success in our computer balloting. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers of 03-06-08-10-12-16, 27, which subsequently won you one of the two Jackpot prizes in the 5th category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1.000, 000. 00. (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY), in cash credited to file with REF: N.EG/3662367114/13. This is from a total cash prize of 25, 020, 225. 00, shared among the twenty-five international winners in this category.
The lucky numbers:


CONGRATULATIONS!!!
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa, as part of our International Promotions Program. This promotion takes place yearly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Asian booklet representative office in Asia as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your $1.000, 000.00, would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Asia .
To file for your claim, please contact our coordinator:Mr. christopher wood
Email: asiapacific7@myway.com
Phone: +66894844908
Provide him with the information below:1. Name:2. Address:3. Marital Status:4. Occupation:5. Age:6. Sex:7. Nationality:8. Country Of Residence:9. Telephone Number:10. Fax Number:11. Draw Number above:

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when redeeming your winners Money i.e. Drivers license or International passport. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 20th Day of october 2007. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION. Yours faithfully,Mrs. Tom ong,President
Asian Pacific International Lottery Organization.
Your's Sincerely, Mr. Raymond akiraVice President
Asian Pacific International Lottery Organization.

LAST WINNERS OF ASIAN PACIFIC LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.



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