419 scam: Asia UK/Promotions. <asiauk@lotto.com> NOTICE:YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON ASIA/UK LOTTERY

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
- "uk national lottery inc." (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)
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.
- +66894833681 (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.
- mraalbertlim@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Asia UK/Promotions. <asiauk@lotto.com>
Reply-To: asiauk01@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:57:01 +0430
Subject: NOTICE:YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON ASIA/UK LOTTERY

REF N0: ZFN/22512567303/08
BATCH NO: 86056490902/204
WINNING NO:ASUK/33/36/45/12/06/LW

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
OF THE UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION

The UK Asia National Lottery International wishes to inform you of the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by the United Kingdom lotto International promotions held on 15th June 2010. Your email account has been picked as a winner of NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS ONLY ($900,000:00)

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers :( 06, 09, 11, 33, 36,49and bonus ball 29) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

This promotion is sponsored by United Nation, National Lottery, Hotmail, Yahoo, corporate organizations and eminent personalities including the chairman Microsoft; Bill Gates, to create awareness of internet benefits and computer literate for encouragement of equality and to help eradicate poverty worldwide. We hope with a part of your prize, you will help to achieve these objectives and educate others of the importance of internet use.

Remember you neither participated physically in this computer ballot draw nor did you buy any ticket for this draw, your email name is lucky to be among the selected in this category, therefore claiming of prizes is subjected to clearance process before payment to you. To avoid information leakage, prizes were secured with (secret codes) your payment secret code will be sent to the co-ordinator, it is your duty to contact him now.

To begin your lottery claims, please contact our Asia co-ordinator with your information as stated below:
REF No:
BATCH No:
WINNING No:
TICKET No:
SERIAL No :
FULL NAME:
AGE:
JOB:
LOCATION:
TEL/FAX NUMBERS: EMAIL ADDRESS:

CONTACT OUR ASIA COORDINATAOR NOW FOR YOUR PRIZE WINNING.

Mr.Albert Lim
Phone:+66-8-94833681
Email: mraalbertlim@gmail.com

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users for the promotion.

Sincerely,
Mrs Tina Akira,
President

Over 237,000 grants have been awarded from The National Lottery, totalling over $18.5 billion. These have benefitted all sorts of people, from Olympic athletes and charities, to schools and underprivileged groups. Find out here about just some of the people and projects in your area that you have helped, simply by playing lottery games.

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