419 scam: "POWER BALL"<powerball@lotto.org> Congratulations To You

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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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "keep your winnings 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.
- power-ball-claim@asia.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "POWER BALL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <power-ball-online@asia.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:42:09 +0100
Subject: Congratulations To You

THE POWERBALL LOTTERY ASSOCIATIONS
U.S/ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL
ASIA REGIONAL OFFICE
BANGKOK THAILAND.

Congratulations To The Sole Beneficiary of This Email Address!!

We wish to inform this beneficiary that your email has won the on going powerball lottery jackpot.( IT'S AMERICA GAME ). Your email attached to ticket number 205-71953016-15 with serial number 74093-8 drew the lucky winners number which consequently won the lottery and Qualified you among some individual lucky winners in the 6th category. You have therefore won the sum cash prize of USD 1,000,000 ( One Million United states Dollars Only) cash prize.

You should know/note, This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some conglomerates of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the peoples in the communities where they have operational bases, The edition free tickets was freely sponsored to support peoples. The promotion was conducted/drawn through a computer balloting system on email websites online, which your email on the balloting luckily was selected, and has qualified you among the lucky individual winners.

For your more information about some previous winners on the existing powerball lottery, Kindly visit the site below or you can copy into your browsers for more details.

http://portalseven.com/lottery/powerball_jackpot_winners.jsp

You should note that your lucky winnings fall within our Asia regional representative, Thailand as indicated in your coupon. In view of this, you are advised to kindly keep your winnings confidential so as to avoid double claimants ( false claimants ). Your US$ 1,000,000.00 would be released to you via our payment office in Bangkok Thailand.

To file for your prize claim, You are advised to fill all the listed information below and submit to the claim department on this given email: power-ball-claim@asia.com to enable our coordinator in charge below to acknowledge you and contact you for further information on how to redeem your cash prize.

Name Coordinator: Mrs Elizabeth Philip
Powerball Lottery Organization
Patanakan Bangkok 10600 Thailand

Information to be filled.

1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Fax Number:
11. Ticket Number above:

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference numbers ( That is ticket number/ serial number ) in all correspondences with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform our Coordinator as soon as possible.

All the members and staff of the Powerball lottery organization wishes you congratulations once again, We wish you continued good fortunes.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Brian Anderson
On Behalf of the lottery Board/Asia Regional
Powerball Lottery Organization.
IT'S AMERICA GAME

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