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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • coodinatorlim2000@hotmail.com
  • robertwood@ethailand.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.ALBART LIM" <promotionlim2000@she.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: coodinatorlim2000@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:32:46 +0700
Subject: ASIAN WINNINGS NOTIFICATION!!!

DATE: 21TH OF FEBRUARY 2005.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION
PRIZE/AWARD BANGKOK THAILAND.

BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/03: REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD

ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!

RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.

This is to inform you of the release of ASIAN PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW,
held on the 5th of April 2004, but owing to some mix
up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the
results were released on the 21st of December 2004.
Your name was attached to ticket number
085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew
the lucky numbers of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which
consequently won the lottery in the 5th category. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of
1.000,000.00. (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY),
in cash credited to file with REF:
N.EGS/3662367114/13. This is from a total cash prize
of 70,020.225.00, shared among the twenty-five
international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security
Company Bangkok Thailand and insured in your name. Due
to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keepthis award from public notice until your claim has
been processed, and the money remitted to your
account, as this is part of our security protocol, to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of
advantage of this program by participants, as has
happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 names, email addresses
& official addresses, from Asia, Australia, New
Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East
and Africa, as part of our International Promotions
Program.
We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize
in the subsequent programs. To begin your lottery
claims, please contact our Co-ordinator as follows,
NAME: MR.ROBERT WOOD
TEL: 00(66) 710 35227
EMAIL: coodinatorlim2000@hotmail.com
:robertwood@ethailand.com
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 31th of march 2006. Any claim not made by this
date will be returned to HIS MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF
THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your
lottery winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY).
Because they are the company that bought your ticket
and played the lottery in your name.
Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you
have received your winnings prize, because the money
is insured in your name already.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in all correspondences with us,
Furthermore, should there be any change of address,
please do inform our Co-ordinator as soon possible.
An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your
deposit certificate will be sent to you by
Administrative Remittance Operation Manager of Siam
Citi Bank Bangkok Thailand.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our
staff and thank you for being a part of our
International Promotions program.
We wish you continued good fortunes.
Sincerely,
Prachaporn Pinn.
Vice President Asian Promotion Bangkok Thailand.

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