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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• 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.
  • parkashroan@yahoo.com.my
  • veronicalee@asia.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Veronica Lee" <vero49lee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:42:43 -0700
Subject: YOUR AWARD NOTIFICATION


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER.
INTERNATIONAL ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF NUMBER: MTD/SAN/9500/MY.
BATCH NUMBER: 50/0112/MALAYSIA.
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME
We are pleased to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESS has been selected as
one of the 10 lucky winners in the email lottery programme conducted by the
ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS 26th June,2008. The late release of this result was
due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email
addresses. All 10 winning addresses was randomly selected from a batch of
Number "3 " winner in this year's euro millions award Draw.

HOW WAS THE SELECTION DONE:-
Most recently the foundation set up the ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS to give out
prizes based on the computer balloting system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO
BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A
WINNER). As a Number "3 " winner, your lucky email address was selected by
the email computer balloting device, where only email addresses are sorted,
from a total number of 500,000,000 international email addresses drawn from
all over the globe, only ten winners emerged in this category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $5MILLION (Five Million
Dollars)

Below are the particulars attached to your LUCKY WINNING EMAIL:-

(i)Batch No: BCA/022 /CAC
(ii) Ticket No: 197-033 -02345
(iii) Lucky No: 04-6-8-12-24
(iv) Ref No: MTD/SAN/9500/MY.

REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT:- PARKASH
ROAN
Contact e-mail: parkashroan@yahoo.com.my
Contact Phone: +60142643827
23 bukit Jalan,kuala lumpur,
Malaysia.
VERIFICATION FORM:-

1. FULL NAMES: _____________________________________
2. ADDRESS : _______________________________________
3. SEX: ____________________________________________
4. AGE: ____________________________________________
5. MARITAL STATUS: __________________________________
6. OCCUPATION: _____________________________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: __________________________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: _______________________________
9. WINNING NUMBER: _________________________________
10.EMAIL TICKET NUMBER: _____________________________
11.REFERENCE NUMBER: _______________________________
12.AMOUNT WON: ____________________________________

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of
your winning prize (funds) to you. Also note that you are to contact and
process your winning prize not later than FOURTEEN DAYS, AFTER this date if
you do not contact and process your winning prize,all funds will be returned
to the DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE as unclaimed.

N.B:Terms and conditions to claim your prize:-
****************************************************************************

1.Please quote your Reference Numbers ,Your full name and
address,Country,Telephone,mobile ,Fax number and occupation to your Claim
Agent.

2.Your winning prize Has been insured to the Original value that no one
else can lay hands or whatsoever to make claim of your winning prize except
you the Beneficiary of this Email address.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!. This promotion
program is sponsored by ASIA L.PROMOTIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET.
All information's have to be kept out of public until your winning prize has
been processed and transferred to your designated bank account; this is to
avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some
participants.

Sincerely,

Mrs.Veronica Lee.
Promotions Manager
ASLP

Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be
impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the ASIA
LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM PLEASE DISREGARD SUCH LETER OR REPORT TO
veronicalee@asia.com.

Note: Participants below 18 years are automatically disqualified. All e-mail
transmission/correspondence are 100% protected by our Secured Socket Layer
(SSL)server.The NLS is an institution under public law. Therefore, the
lottery contract is concluded between the lottery participant and the
public law institution LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM This e-mail transmission
contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is
intended only for the addressee(s) named above.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam