419 scam: "ASIA LOTTERY"<asial0ttery@asia.com> You Are A Winner!!!

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- claimdept_asialotto@asia.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ASIA LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <asial0ttery0ffice@asia.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 01:14:16 +0100
Subject: You Are A Winner!!!

Congratulations To The Sole Beneficiary of This Email!!

Asia lottery wishes to informed this email address that your email has won on the on-going Asia Lottery season organized international email lottery promotion.

Your email luckily through a random selections on all websites emails online worldwide from Asia, Europe, America, Canada, Australia, Middle East, and Africa on the draw has successfully won.

In view of this, you have been approved for a lump sum payment of USD 1,000,000 as a cash prize ( One Million United States Dollars Only ) cash prize winning.

Here are your necessary winners details attached to your winnings:

BATCH NUMBER: 0040
SERIAL NUMBER: 81035-7
REFERRENCE NUMBER:T.SA/0029481648/17
LUCKY DRAW NUMBER: 15-71-59-18-20

Note, that you don't have to purchase any ticket to entered or played on this lottery, as this are TICKET FREE, The promotion was drawn and conducted on a computer balloting system online which your email was selected luckily on randomly among other lucky email addresses around the world. Note also that the promotion was supported and sponsored by some Conglomerates of some multinational companies as part of their civic responsibilities to the citizens.

To file for your claim, you are advised to provided with your necessary information below for your recognition.

(1) Full Name:
(2) Residential Country:
(3) House Address:
(4) Telephone Number:
(5) Nationality:
(6) Occupation:
(7) Gender:
(8) Age:

All the above information should be submitted to the Asia Lottery claim department on this email: claimdept_asialotto@asia.com so that you can be advised on how to received your cash prize.

All the members and staffs of the Asia Lottery wishes to wish you congratulations once again for your success.

Yours Faithfully,
Announcer!!
Dr Chai Khun
On behalfs of the Asia Pacific Lottery
Asia Pacific Office
Bangkok Thailand.

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