419 scam: "Reyes"<onlinecordinator35@yahoo.com.hk> RE: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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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:

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:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "onlinecoordinator@y7mail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "onlinecoordinator@y7mail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Reyes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cliamdepty@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:35:48 +0700
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

ASIA PACIFIC 2010 WINNING NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Address: 1031 Witthayu
Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
Email:onlinecoordinator@y7mail.com

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 Program. 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, Please fill the form below and submit in order for our coordinator to contact you on how to redeem your prize. Send your application to the online co-ordinator: onlinecoordinator@y7mail.com

1. Your full Name as it appears in your national id card or passport.
2. Your residential address
3. Your Lucky Number
4. Your Telephon/Fax Numbers
5. Sex
6. Age
7. Occupation
8. Job Title

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 prize fund is being covered with insurance policy which makes it unable to tamper with until it gets to the rightful winner, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid misappropriation of winners fund and unwarranted abuse of this program.

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 agent. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your prize remitted to you. This is our protocols to avoid double claimants or unwarranted claims as has happened in the past.

Please be warned. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not more than 30 days after the date of notification. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTY'S 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.Pitakorn Dounjahroi
President
Asia Pacific Lottery Organization.

Yours Sincerely,
Plajit Thanaporn
Vice President
Asia Pacific Lottery Organization.

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