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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (8 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Lottery Result" <lottery_winningresult2005@zonal-coordinator.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:37:43 +0000
Subject: UK HONDA CAR LOTTERY

UK Honda Car Lottery

(HEADQUERTERS)

an Affiliate of Honda UK.

28 TANFIELD ROAD,

CROYDON.LONDON

FROM:HONDA COMPANY UK.

ATTENTION

TICKET NUMBER: 3526548865

SERIAL NUMBER: 755-925

BATCH NUMBER: MA-056SB20-05

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 15st SEPTEMBER 2005.You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference SERIAL

NUMBER: 755-925 and Batch number MA-056SB20-05. Your email address attached to the ticket number: 3526548865 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first

category, in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of €500,000.00 euros(FIVE

HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS.) in cash credited to file reference number:IPL/6623175667/WP5.This

is from a total cash prize of five million euros shared among the ten international

winners in first categories. Along with a New Honda frv(visit to see your car (www.honda.co.uk)Pasted in front of the site Under construction.

Congratulations!!!!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of our international promotion program.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators.

You contacting your/our-accredited agent for your claim.

Mr.ROBERT CARPENTER

HONDA CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.

E-mail: honda-claims@excite.com

He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you.

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-10658-S°95/H5 (keep personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than (2-10-05). Failure to claim your winning/ fund will be added to next 10,000.000 euros AND CAR international lottery program.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Once again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,

MR HARDY GREY.

Cell: +44 7031 904 808

HONDA CAR/LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR.

hondacars.claims@virgilio.it

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