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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • hondaawardagent4claims@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MARK SMITH" <hondaonline_notificationmail3@msn.com>
Reply-To: hondaawardagent4claims@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:03:50 +0000
Subject: HONDA AWARD NOTTIFICATION !!!

HONDA COMPANY UK.
An Affiliate of Honda Uk.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.
LONDON.

                                AWARD NOTIFICATION

   We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held in
January,
2006.You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference SERIAL
NUMBER: 652-662 and  Batch number AT-040SB06-03. Your email address
attached
to the E-tag  number: 2752246896 that flagged out the lucky winning
number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category,in
four parts. You have been approved for a payment of
500,000.00euros(FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS.)in certified cheque credited to file reference
number:IPL/4249859609/WP1.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 FR-V.

 

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  
participants or  impersonators, taking advantage of the situation.You
are to
contact your/our-accredited agent for your claim:


MR KELLY WETLAND
HONDA CLAIMS SECURITY AGENCY.
Email:hondaawardagent4claims@yahoo.co.uk




He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of
your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H°67/B4
(keep
personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed on time. Failure to
claim your winning/ fund it 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 MARK SMITH.
CAR LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR

NB: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL EXCEPT FOR INQUIRIES,CONTACT OUR CLAIMS
AGENCY AT
hondaawardagent4claims@yahoo.co.uk


HONDA CAR COMPANY UK, AN AFFILIATE OF HONDA UK
28, TANFEILD ROAD, CROYDON,LONDON
WINNING VERIFICATION FORM
To complete your process which is the delivery of your winnings,
you are required to provide the information below
NAME 
SEX 
DATE OF BIRTH 
MARITAL STATUS 
ADDRESS 
  
NATIONALITY 
OCCUPATION 
PHONE NUMBER 
EMAIL ADDRESS 
FAX NUMBER 
ANNUAL INCOME 

HONDA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
COPYRIGHT © 2006 ALL RIGHT RESERVED

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