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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 International Lottery Organization" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <asiapacificoffi@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:37:56 +0700
Subject: [ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION PRIZE AWARD 2015]


Congratulations! The Board of Directors Asia Pacific,Members and staff of the International Awareness Promotion Department of South East Asia Regional Representative are pleased to inform you of the result of Electronic Email Address ballot system of Asia Pacific International Lottery Promotion held in Bangkok,Thailand 2015.

All email addresses were selected through a random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over 10 million email addresses from the World Wide Web in which your email address was selected as one of the BEST email addresses,among 10 lucky winners.You are therefore,been approved for a lump sum payout of Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only [$500,000.00]with Reference numbers ASPFIC/475061725/2015 and Batch numbers:ASPFIC/90/4210

To begin your prize claim, You are to email our coordinator in charge below as follows, for further instructions and directives on how to receive your cash prize.

Coordinator: Richard Makhamporn
Contact Email: richardmakhampornasiapacific@gmail.com
Asia Pacific International Lottery Organization
Royal Kingdom Of Thailand.
Sarasin Bldg., 14 Surasak Rd.,
Silom-Bangrak Bangkok, 10500 Thailand

Provide him the information below:
1. Name:
2. Address:
5. Age:
6. Gender:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:

Note that all winners prize fund is being insured in such a manner to avoid misappropriation. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your prize remitted to you. 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 within 30 days from the date of notification. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotional program and keep on trusting ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION for top quality awards in subsequent years to come.

Announcer!
Dr. Anne Tanasub
President
Asia Pacific International Lottery Organization
2015

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