Complaint Review: Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery / Asia Pacific Bank

This is a basic overview of the scam:

They will request your bank account information and it will look pretty legit up until they hit you for the $$$. Be careful. I reported their activity to Asia Holdings, Inc ., as they are listing Asia Holdings Inc., President / CEO as one of the fund managers. They are evidently using the names of authentic individuals to validate their scam. He may not be the only name.

If you have been contacted and have given them your info I suggest the following:

Tell your phone company of the plus dialing scams listed here on Rip Off Report and have them note it in your records, so you can dispute any over seas charges later. (If you can, get an email verification , for disputing charges in the future.)

Call your bank and let them know of the scam and to alert you of any unsual or unauthorized activity on your account. Also, see if you can get an email or written verification from them as well , for un-authorized account activity disputes.

I hope this helps protect some.

Here is the scam:

From: YAHOO BETA [mailto:YAHOOBETA@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 12:38 PM
To: YOUR NAME
Subject: YAHOO BETA LOTTERY AWARD 2007

YAHOO BETA LOTTERY AWARD 2007

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000.00) for the YEAR 2007 Lottery promotion which is was organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC for the introduction of the new YAHOO BETA MAIL which all YAHOO users are required to switch onto. YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to All email Address, and others we only select Nine (9) candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM You are to contact our Claim Agent to claim your price with your winning number as directed. Yahoo Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification.
Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited. These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-360AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-718AF
These numbers above fall within the agent Location file, you are requested to contact your Agent and send your winning Numbers and Personal Information to him; Mr Peter Liu (CLAIM AGENT) at his email:
E-mail: payment201@yahoo.de

You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate and process the transfer of your fund with the appointed paying bank.
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him
immediately:
Personal Information
Full name..................
Country....................
Contact Address...........
Telephone Number.........
Occupation..................
Age.........................
Congratulations once again.

Yours in service,

YAHOO!!!!!!!
We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.
Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!

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From: Beta lottery payment Officer
To: YOUR NAME
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:47:20 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM YAHOO LOTTERY


Dear Winner,

This is to confirm the receipt of your details.

Meanwhile,Every arrangement has been made for you to receive your money through telegraphic transfer from Asia Pacific Bank Of China and We have submitted your file to the asia pacific bank for payment.
Your award Certificate number is: FLD674/8935/GMSA

Contact the asia pacific bank immediately for your fund transfer as we have already submitted your file with them,follow their directieve and keep me updated.

BANK NAME:ASIA PACIFIC BANK OF CHINA
CONTACT PERSON: STEVE ZHANG (Fund Manager)
EMAIL : apbi@asia.com
Tel:+86 76926528287

Please confirm the receipt of this message.

PETER LIU
LOTTERY PAYMENT OFFICER

______________________________

From: ASIA PACIFIC BANK OF CHINA
To: YOUR NAME
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:41:28 AM
Subject: PAYMENT PROCEDURE


FROM: ASIA PACIFIC BANK
Guangdong Provincial Branch,
Plot 345, Huanshi dong, Guangdong ,China
Tel:86 76926528287
E-mail: apbi@sia.com
Date: 28/08/2007


TO:YOUR NAME

ATTENTION:GENDER SPECIFIC GREETING

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF YOUR DETAIL AND WE HAVE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE YAHOO LOTTERY WINNERS.

MEANWHILE, THE AMOUNT YOU WON(USD300,000.00) HAS BEEN VERIFIED ACCORDINGLY AND THE AMOUNT HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO BE TRANSFERED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE RECEIVE YOUR CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES WHICH YOU ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAINED FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT INLAND CLEARANCE DEPARTMENT.

THE CLEARANCE DOCUMENTS IS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISTS ,ANY BENEFICIARY OF FUND THAT IS ABOVE USD100,000.00 MUST PROVIDE MONEY LAUNDERING AND ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE . THIS LAW HAS BECOME VERY STRICT SINCE THE SEPTEMBER 11 BOMBING IN AMERICA.
ACCORDING TO THE LAW,YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE INLAND CLEARANCE BUREAU TO SECURE YOUR CLEARANCE DOCUMENT TO AVOID DELAY IN GETTING YOUR MONEY AS YOU CANNOT BE PAID WITHOUT THE CLEARANCE CERTTIFICATE.

CONTACT THE INLAND CLEARANCE BUREAU ATTENTION TO MR VICKO CHEN EMAIL: govinlandclearancebureau@yahoo.com.cn
TEL +86 135 35404915

HE WILL TELL YOU THE PROCEDURE FOR THE CLEARANCE AND ONCE YOU GET THE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE AND SUBMIT TO US, THE LAW ALLOWS US TO TRANSFER YOUR MONEY WITHIN 48 HOURS.

SEND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO WHICH YOU WANT YOUR MONEY TO BE TRANSFERED AND AT THE SAME TIME CONTACT THE INLAND CLEARANCE BUREAU TO SECURE YOUR CLEARANCE AS YOU CANNOT BE PAID WITHOUT YOUR CLEARANCE FROM THE TAX OFFICE.

STEVE ZHANG
FUND MANAGER.

___________________________


From: CHINA INLAND CLEARANCE BUREAU
To: YOUR NAME
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:47:54 PM
Subject: YOUR REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE APPROVED.


FROM MR.VICKO CHEN
INLAND CLEARANCE BUREAU,CHINA.
Our Ref: YLW441153


RE: CLEARANCE

Att: YOUR NAME

I received your message regarding your clearance to enable the bank make transfer of your money to your bank account and have this morning confirmed from the asia pacific bank.

The clearance which you are required to enable the bank transfer your money are MONEY LAUNDERING CERTIFICATE AND ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE and according to the law,you are to pay for issueance of these documents which the cost is 650$

The documents will also be helpful to you in your country to avoid question from your government fund monitoring agents when finally the amount you won gets to your account.

We have approved for the clearance documents to be issued to you but before that can be done,you are to send the cost to this office through western union money transfer to our accountant name below:

Pay to :RAVENALL SUZANNE
17 CLEARANCE AVENUE,GUANGZHOU,CHINA

Waiting for the payment confirmation to enable me proceed.


MR VICKO CHEN
FUND MONITORING SECTION
INLAND CLEARANCE BUREAU
Tel:86 13535404915

Jc
Lake Ronkonkoma, New York
U.S.A.

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