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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Asia Pacific Lottery Organization" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <megwin@she.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 23:35:43 +0700
Subject: Congrats, Confirm your Us-Asia Pacific Lottery Winnings credentials

US-ASIA PACIFIC LOTTERY ORGANISATION INC
1060 West Addison Street
Chicago, Illinois
United States Of America.
Email: info@asi-apacific.co.cc
 
 
Attention: The Email Account Owner!
 
 
Congratulations!
 
The US-Asia Pacific Lottery Organisation team is pleased to inform you that you have won EUR 824,048.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED and TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND, and FORTY EIGHT EUROS)! Your prize winnings is presently domiciled with our payout bankers.
 
 
To begin your prize winnings redemption & collection, please go to http://us-asiapaclotto.awardspace.us/ Click on ?Winnings? link near the top of the webpage and begin the Prize Claims process by supplying your winnings credentials included below!
 
 
Why you have won? Your email address was among those chosen (200 Lucky winners) this quarter from our new Java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web from which eventual winners are selected.Your E-mail address is one of 200 lucky Addresses that have won in this Promotion. This correspondence officially confirms that our Consumer Affairs Department is in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your above-stated winnings. Your name has attached to the batch number referenced further below which you will confirm on our online portal.
 
 
 
 
Go to http://us-asiapaclotto.awardspace.us/ to begin the prize winnings claim/collection process!
 
 
Click on the ?Winnings? link near the top of the webpage and begin the Prize Claims process by supplying the information inside this message .
Please note the following crucial private details on your Winnings, you will need to quote some of these numbers on the prize claims page on our website. Please keep them extremely safe as anybody with the details can very easily claim you winnings!
 
 
Your Winning Reference Number:- US-AS67737
Batch Number:- LOT743
 
 
Claims Agent: Rev . David Thorburn
 
 
Note that you may also be asked to provide your claim agents name.
 
 
Congratulations, once again, and thank you for being part of our promotion program. Goodluck!
 
 
Sincerely yours,
DAVID THORBURN
CAD ADMIN, US-ASIA PACIFIC LOTTERY ORGANISATION)
 
 
NB: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this email address. Follow the internet website link [url] above to file your prize winning directly on US-Asia Pacific Lottosation web portal
 
 
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.
 
 

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