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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +6629825562 (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.
  • crdntrprsdnt@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • occommissionclearinghouse@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Tom Ong." <lottoasian@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: crdntrprsdnt@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:14:35 +0700
Subject: RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS!!

DATE: 11TH OF MARCH 2006.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE CORDINATOR
LOTTO PACIFIC, ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION.
71-73 RACHANDRA PATHOM KAPI,
BANGKOK THAILAND.
(ASIAN PACIFIC LOTTORIES AN OVERSEA
SUBSCRIBER AGENTS AFFILIATE).
BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/03:
REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD
ALTTANATIVE EMAIL:crdntrprsdnt@yahoo.com
ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,
RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!!
This is to inform you of the release of ASIAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held on the 5th of April 2005, but owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the results were released on the 21st of December 2005. 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 ofUS$650,000.00 ( Six Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States dollars) in cash credited to file with REF: N.EGS/3662367114/13. This is from a total cash prize of USD$16,250.000.00, 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 keep this 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. This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by group of successful electronic dealers. We hope with part of your winning, you will take part in this year US$25 million international lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our paying agent for the immediate release of your winnings please contact:
Overseas Credit Commission Thailand
NAME: Mr. Kelvin Patrick (paying Director)
TEL + 66-97630078
TEL/FAX: +66-2-9825562 EXT.5
EMAIL: occommissionclearinghouse@hotmail.com
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 31st Of March 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore; should there be any change of address, please do inform our Co-ordinators 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 Overseas Credit Commission 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.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Tom Ong.
For Management.
C 2006 All Right Reserved. Asian Pacific Promotion

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