419 scam: "Michelle Alan" <asiapacific@international.net> Congratulations

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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!
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.
- +66984864901 (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.
- benjarongcharusiri@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Michelle Alan" <asiapacific@international.net>
Reply-To: benjarongcharusiri@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:37:31 +0700
Subject: Congratulations

This message is from Asia Pacific International Lottery Organization.
Your EMAIL ADDRESS account has won you $1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight
hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in the National lottery draws that
was held on Thursday ,December 31, 2015. LOTTO 6/49 Prize Breakdown, by
electronic random selection from World Wide Web Emails listed online from
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East
and Africa, as part of our International Promotion Program. This promotion
takes place yearly.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.The result of
this online e-mail address free-ticket winning draws of on Thursday ,December
31, 2015.,
has just been released on Friday,March 25,2016 and we are glad to
announce to you that your email
address won with the ticket number: B9564 7560 4545 100, serial number
5104791 and MAIN DRAW Numbers 9,20,25,27,31,32 Bonus 3. LOTTO 6/49 Prize
Payouts credited to Winning number 07576207-01 file APILO/9080118308/15.

Your winning number falls within our Asia representative's booklet as
indicated in the play coupon. You should contact our Asia Fiduciary Agent-
Mr. Benjarong Charusiri in BANGKOK, THAILAND for claim of your Lottery
winning amount.

Asia Agent Contact information:
Name: Mr Benjarong Charusiri
Email: benjarongcharusiri@gmail.com
Telephone: +66-984864901.

Due to possible mix up of EMAIL ADDRESS contacts, we ask that you keep
this award news private from public notice until your money is remitted to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid unscrupulous acts by
some of the participants of this program.

CONGRATULATIONS !!! Once again from all members of staff of the ASIA
PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION and thank you for being a part
of our International Promotion program.

CONTACT OUR AGENT WITH THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO
CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Michelle Alan
Program Announcer.

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