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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Asia Pacific Lottery Organization" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bennyriswanw@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:41:26 +0700
Subject: Dear Winner..US$ 1,000, 000.00!

ASIA PACIFIC 2010 WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!
CONGRATULATIONS !!! DEAR LUCKY WINNER

This is to inform you of the release result of the ASIA PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE DRAW Year 2010.
Your email 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
consequently won the lottery and Qualified you among Twenty five
international Winners in the 5th category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of US$ 1,000, 000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS ONLY), in cash credited to file with REF: N.EG/3662367114/13.
The Lucky Numbers.
03-06-08-10-12-16-27

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

All 25 winning email addresses were selected randomly from the World Wide
Website through a computer draw system and extracted from over 50,000
email addresses & official addresses, that are listed online from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and
Africa, as part of our International Promotion Programme. This promotion
takes place yearly.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our South east
asia regional representative Bangkok Thailand as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your US$ 1,000,000.00 would be released to you
through our payment office in Bangkok Thailand.
To begin your prize claim, You are advised to contact our co-ordinator in
charge below via email below as follows, for further instructions and
directives on how to receive your cash prize.
Name: Benny Riswan
Asia Pacific Lottery Organization
Soi Nui Klong Toei klm 15 wattana Bangkok Thailand 10200
Email: bennyriswanw@yahoo.com.cn

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:

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference numbers in all correspondences with us, Furthermore,
should there be any change of address, please do inform our Co-ordinator
as soon as possible.

Note: All winners prize fund is being covered by an insurance policy which
makes unable to tamper with, In view of this you are advised to quickly
file your claim to the co-ordinator as instructed for your immediate
direction to the paying Bank. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed
and your prize remitted to you. 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 more than 20 days after the
date of notification. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to
HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
CONGRATULATIONS !!! Once again from all members of staff of the ASIA
PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION and thank you for being a part
of our International Promotion program.
We wish you continued good fortunes.
Announcer !!!

Dr Helen Chew loon

President
Asia Pacific Lottery Organization.
Yours Sincerly
Chinawat Pinn
Vice President
Asia Pacific Lottery Organization

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