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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")
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024096943 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • honda_agentmark@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Honda Award" <hondanotificationaward@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:51:23 +0100
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION


*HONDA COMPANY UK.
An Affiliate of Honda Uk.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
LONDON. UK *
*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 MAY 1st
2006.Youwere entered as dependent clients with: Reference
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662 and Batch number AT-040SB06-03. Your email address
attached to the ticket number: 2752246896 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 **A£450,000.00 (US$787,602.49)
**(FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLING.) in cash
credited to file reference number:IPL/4249859609/WP1, alongside with Brand
New Honda FR-V. This is from a total cash prize of Ten million pounds shared
among all our international winners in all categories. *

*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 a part of our security
measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted participants or imposters,
taking advantage of the situation. You are to contact your/our-accredited
agent for your claim now. *


*MR .Timy Mark
HONDA CLAIMS SECURITY AGENCY . *
*Email: honda_agentmark@yahoo.co.uk *
*Phone contact: +447024096943*


*He is your agent, and he is 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 (atlest 1-2weeks) .
Failure to claim your prizes (CAR/CASH) would result to forfeiting and will
be used for next 10,000,000 pounds AND CAR international lottery
program. Furthermore,
should there be any change in your contact address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as possible. *
*Once again congratulations.
Yours Secerely
MR BRENTON HILLS.
Oline sweepstake coordinator,UK HONDA PROMO.
.
*

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