419 scam: "Paulson Albert."<test@andrevillemont.com> MICROSOFT ASIA-PACIFIC ONLINE OFFICE CORP.RENOTIFICATION !!!

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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.
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 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.
- microsoft_asiapacific01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Paulson Albert." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <onlinesweeptakespromo1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 08:04:50 -0700
Subject: MICROSOFT ASIA-PACIFIC ONLINE OFFICE CORP.RENOTIFICATION !!!

MICROSOFT ASIA-PACIFIC ONLINE OFFICE CORP
Customer Service Department
Microsoft Aaia-Pacific Corporations, Thailand.
92/48 Sathon Nua Rd.
Fl 17 Sathorn Thani 2 Bldg Silom,
Bang Rak,Silom, Bangkok 10500,
Thailand.

Attn: Winner

Ref No. N.EG/3662367114/13.,

On behalf of the management and the entire board of Microsoft Aaia-Pacific Group of companies we hereby acknowledged the receipt of your email which the content is well noted The winning information’s forwarded to our processing committee for immediate approval of your winning (US$1M). Microsoft Aaia-Pacific Group/Lottery .

Pleasae note that our email address was hacked and so we lost your contact details and all other datas on the system was lost.we sincerely apologied for this.We also hope to informed you that we are taking control of the whole situation and here advised that you reconfirm your personal information with the copy of the first notification you received from us.

If you know that you are not interested in claiming your winning prize,ignor this email as this notification is for those who responded to our notification and are unable to reach me on our old email which was hacked Email address.:microsoft_asiapacific01@yahoo.com . do kindly send your email directly to

Mr.George Tan Martins
Email:onlinesweeptakespromo@southeastasia-microsoftpacific.com

Do kindly act accordingly. Thanks and God bless you and congratulations once again.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.George Martin
(Online Coordinator /Promotion Manager)
MICROSOFT ASIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION LTD

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