419 scam: "ALL ASIA GAME"<allasiagamee@live.com> ALL ASIA GAME 2010, CHINAL GIVERy; his name is Mr. Mark Anderson(OLOWO GAT THEIR MONEY)ONPŒë¸"

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "ALL ASIA GAME" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <allasiagame1010@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:19:49 +0800
Subject: ALL ASIA GAME 2010, CHINA

GUANGZHOU ALL ASIA GAME 2010, CHINA.
Customer Service Department
Block A,12/16 F,West Tower
Of Wenhua Bldg East Rd,
Beijing China

Dear Winner,
This is an e-mail notification to inform you that your E-mail Address has won you a cash
prize of (US$1,000,000,00) One million United States Dollars only including an all-round trip ticket to watch
the All Asia Games Sweepstakes
promotion draws held in Beijing China (NO TICKETS WERE SOLD) The online cyber
draws was conducted from an exclusive list of email addresses of Individuals and Corporate
bodies picked by an automated random computer selection from Your E-mail Address attached
to ticket number:012-0022-0044-778 with Batch Number: 082/19/ZY36. Which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category to file for your claim. Please contact us for due
processing and remittance of your prize money by filling the below information:

FULL NAME OF WINNER:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE NUMBER:

Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be transferred to you
upon meeting the requirement of the gaming board authority which includes your statutory
obligations. Be advised that all information pertaining to this WINNING FUNDS should be
kept extremely CONFIDENTIAL till the funds get to you. This is to avoid DOUBLE claiming of prize.
here is our website: http://www.gz2010.cn/en
You are to send your personal information to the co-ordiantor ASIA GAMES PROMOTION to the
below contact immediately:

Congratulations from all members and staff of the promotion.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Mary Lam
Online Co-ordinator

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