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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: mrs crips joy <ukclaims_agent101@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:41:39 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS (INTERNET USER:HONDA CAR PROMOTION)




THE HONDA COMPANY UK., IRELAND BRANCH.
Customer Service Dept.
An Affiliate of Honda Int.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
ATTENTION:
TICKET NUMBER: 2753346896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-772
BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB08-03

I am MRS JOY CRIPS your cliaming agent, I wish to Congratulate you on your victory,you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the release of your winnings.

1. Full Names....................................

2. Residential Address.......................

3. Phone Number..............................

4. Fax Number..................................

5. Occupation....................................

6. Sex................................................

7. Age...............................................

8. Nationality.....................................

9. Present Country of residence.................................

A scanned identification of your self sent via email is inevitable. You are adviced to forward these information as soon as possible to enable us attend to your file.
After you have sent down these information, a certificate of Claim of the brand new Honda car and your cash prize will be sent to you. This is to be your proof of winning from this office to the security firm before the release of your funds.You
are adviced to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscripulous elements from taking advantage of the situation.
Be rest assured this is not a SPAM

Once again, congratulations.

Yours sincerely,

HONDA COMPANY LOTTERY UK
MRS JOY CRIPS


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