419 scam: "ASIA GAME LOTTERRY"<luckyppoi@hamail.net> 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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- info_asiagames@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "ASIA GAME LOTTERRY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info_asiagames@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:41:00 +0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

GUANGZHOU ASIA GAME 2010, CHINA.
Customer Service Department
Block A, 12/16 Fewest Tower Of Wenham Bldg East Rd,
Beijing, China.
Dear Winner,
______________________________
Reference Number #: CN/008111/700
congratulation to you as we bring the first results draws of Guangzhou 2010
asia game, Be informed that your (E-mail Address) has won you a cash prize
of (950,000.00 EURO) Nine Hundred and fifty Thousand Euro cash, plus Five
Free nokia latest phones (1)Nokia 6790 Surge (2)Nokia 5730 Xpress Music
(3)Nokia 6730 classic(4) Nokia 8800(5) Nokia E71, This online lottery
sweepstakes promotion draws was held on 1st January 2010 (friday 12:30 pm)
in Beijing China. and too the online cyber draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of 15,000,000 email addresses of Individuals and Corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection, in all
part of the world (a) Europe (b) United state of america (c) Oceania (d)
Africa (e) Asia (f) Middle East (g) Australia, Remember that your E-mail
Address has been attached with a ticket number : (012-0022-0044-778) and
Batch Number: (082/19/ZY36)
To file for your winning fund, immediately fill the below information, for
due processing and remittanceof your fund:

FULL NAME OF WINNER :.........................................
RESIDENT ADDRESS:.............................................
COUNTRY/REGION:...............................................
STATE.........................................................
DATE OF BIRTH:................................................
SEX...........................................................
OCCUPATION:...................................................
TELL:.........................................................

Be informed that if there should be any change of your address or phone
number, do inform our claims agent as soon as possible.
Important Information: if you are below 18 years of age, you are
automatically disqualified.
Congratulations from all members and staffs of the promotion.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. wang lee.
Claim Agent/Online Coordinator
E-mail: info_asiagames@yahoo.com

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