419 scam: "Asian Lottery Award" <info_asialottery@yahoo.com> Attn:Beneficiary.

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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:

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:
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- info.maandoisecurity@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Asian Lottery Award" <info_asialottery@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: info.maandoisecurity@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:49:28 +0800
Subject: Attn:Beneficiary.

Asia Lottery Email Award 2009
No.10/11B, Jln Tun Razak,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 56000

Sir/Madam

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON THIS YEAR ASIA LOTTERY AWARD

We the board members of Asia Lottery Email Award wish to send our
congratulatory message over the success of your Email Address emerging as a
lucky winning Email from our computer balloting held on the 20th of August
2009. This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game in which email addresses
were used and it is also a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users; therefore you do not require to purchase a lottery ticket to
participate in this programme.

Your approved winning star price is to the tune of Us$643,815.00 (Six
Hundred & Fourty Three Thousand,Eight Hundred & Fifteen United States
Dollars Only). We have appointed an agent to process your claims with the
paying finance institution and so you are highly required to immediately
forward your details to them and we have as well stated the informations
which you are expected to provide below:

: Full Legal Names
: Contact Address
: Contact Tel/Fax Numbers
: Country of Citizenship
: Alternate Email Address{If Any}

Below is your winning details:

Ref No: AS/09/13/57/009/KL
Batch No: SLTO/7916/KL/AS
Lucky No: 06-117-010782
Serial No: KLUOTI/754236

Name: Mr.Astrid Pedersen
Maandoi Security Services (Malaysia)
A4Jln Yam Tuan 70000 Seremban,
Seremban,Negeri Sembilan,70000
Malaysia
Email: info.maandoisecurity@gmail.com

The Validity period of your lottery winnings is for twenty(20) working days
hence you are expected to make your claims immediately as any claim not made
before this date will be tagged as unclaimed and will be used for our next
Lottery programme.

Note: You are advised to keep your winning details very confidential until
the lump sum prize is received in your account or through any convenient
payment mode deemed fit for you. This precautionary measure is to avoid
multiple applications on your winnings.

Yours sincerely

Noraliza Binti Ismail
{Program Cordinator}

Once more we congratulate you for being one of our
lucky winners!!

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