419 scam: Asia Pacific International Lottery Organization <apilo2010@blumail.org> ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS DEAR WINNER !!!

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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:

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:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
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: Asia Pacific International Lottery Organization <apilo2010@blumail.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:01:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS DEAR WINNER !!!

ASIA

PACIFIC 2010 WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE
VICE PRESIDENT
ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
SOI
NUI KLONG TOEI KLM
15 WATTANA BANGKOK THAILAND 10200
BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/03:
REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD.

ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS DEAR WINNER
!!!

We
happily announce to you the results of ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held in Bangkok, Thailand
2010

We wish to congratulate you over your email address success
in our computer balloting. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number 085-12876077-09
with serial number 51390-0
that drew the lucky numbers of 03-06-12-27-18-04-14,
subsequently won the Lottery and Qualified you among Twenty five
international Winners in the 5th category. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum 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:

03-06-12-27-18-04-14

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
All

participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South
America, Middle East and Africa, as part of our International Promotions
Program. This promotion takes place yearly.

Please note that
your lucky winning number falls within our Bank in Switzerland. In
view of this, your
US$ 1,000,000.00 would be released By Word Bank Group. In other to claim your
prize you are to get back to this office for more directives. Note:
You would be required to show an instrument of identification when
redeeming your winners Money i.e. Your Full Name, Phone Number, and
Occupation and Drivers license or International
passport.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your
prize. 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 later than one month from the date
of the result. Any claim not made within the period of one month will
be returned to HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

Good
luck from me and members of staff of the ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.

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