419 scam: THAI LOTTERY ORGANIZATION <bochi@cms.eb.mil.br> RE

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
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.
- +66924840164 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
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.
- asialottorgthai@asia.com (Asia; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: THAI LOTTERY ORGANIZATION <bochi@cms.eb.mil.br>
Reply-To: "lottorgthai@gmail.com" <lottorgthai@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 07:09:24 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: RE

Dear Value Customer

We happily announce to you the results of THAI LOTTERY ORGANIZATION'S FREE TICKET ONLINE DRAWS of 11th of May, 2015. We wish to congratulate you on the success of your email address which came out in the first winnings category and won you the total sum of US$1,500,000 in our free ticket online email address computer balloting.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 drew this lucky numbers 03-05-12-14-28-38 which subsequently won the Lottery and qualified you as an international online Winner.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,500,000 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) through any of our available payment methods.

Your email address was Reference Numbered to: N.EGS/3662367114/15 and your winnings and payment Batch Number is BKKBTH/05/BTH469. For your US$1,500,000 payment process to begin, you will be expected to REPLY with the below listed winnings and personal claims information not allow by any other person to claim on behalf of the winning email address owner:

Your complete official names:.........* Full contact address & city: country name:.............* Telephone or mobile numbers:...............* Age:..............Gender:..........* Occupation:............* Free ticket and Lucky numbers:................* Reference, Serial and Batch numbers:........* Date and venue of draw:

After you have replied with the above winnings and personal claims information, our APPOINTED CLAIMS AGENT MR. GATTI MASHALL will get back to you with further details on how you will be paid your winning prize of US$1,500,000.00

Please contact the below:
NAME: MR. GATTI MASHALL
( CO-ORDINATORS )
Email: asialottorgthai@asia.com
Tel: +66-924-840164

Note: Any claim not made on time shall be returned to THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY, HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to them. Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your email extracted. Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize, because the money is insured in your winning details already.

Good luck from me and all staff members of the THAI LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Marila Macu
Online Notification Manager.
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