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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 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "info@powerball.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!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +66844691917 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From:
Date:
Subject:

by HZDFYD.com MailServer with ESMTP by
mail.xsedu.zj.cn Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:52:05 GMT
Reply-To: <claimsagent01@mail.mn>
From: "POWERBALL ONLINE INT'L JACKPOT/ LOTTERY ASSOCIATION"<info@powerball.com>
Subject: APPROVED LUCKY WINNER !!!
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:52:01 +0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="Windows-1251"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

POWERBALL ONLINE INT'L JACKPOT/ LOTTERY ASSOCIATION
ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE
BANGKOK THAILAND.

This is to inform you of the release of the Power ball Online Lottery PRIZE DRAW, held on the 16th of June, 2011.
Your email was attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers of 03-06-18-10-12-16-27, which consequently won the lottery in the 5th category. You are therefore been approved for a lump sum prize of $1.000, 000.00. (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY), in cash credited to file with REF: N.EGS/3662367114/13. This is from a total cash prize of 50,020.225.00, shared among the Fifty international winners in this category.

You are required to file a letter of claim to the coordinator for further instructions and directives on how to claim your prize.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names, email addresses & official addresses, from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa, as part of our International Promotions Program.

To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our coordinator with your following details,

Full Name:
Complete Address :
Nationality:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year):
Direct Telephone/Mobile Number:
Winning Email:

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with us, furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform our Coordinator as soon as possible.

NAME: MRS. ACHARA PRAKAT.
Power ball Towers,45/4 Silom road,
Radjamdamrin, 23002 Bangkok, Thailand
TEL: +66-844-691-917
Email:claimsagent01@mail.am

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions program.
We wish you continued good fortunes.

Sincerely,
President
Power ball Online Int'l Jackpot/Lottery Association
Asia Pacific Region

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