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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "honda car international promotion program" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447031903141 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: VALAYAMGHAT RAGHAVAN <raghavan.1@osu.edu>
Reply-To: honda08@live.co.uk
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:57:37 +0300
Subject: 2008 Honda Promo

=3CBR=3E=3CBR=3EHONDA COMPANY UK=AE=2E =3CBR=3EAn Affiliate of Honda Uk=2E= =3CBR=3E28 TANFIELD ROAD=2C =3CBR=3ELONDON=2C UK=2E =3CBR=3E=3CBR=3EWe = are pleased to inform you of the release=2C of the long awaited results = =3CBR=3Eof the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM=2C your email a= ddress has =3CBR=3Eluckly won you the star-prize of 1=2C750=2C000=2E00 G= BP =2Econtact the claims =3CBR=3Eagent=2E =3CBR=3E=3CBR=3EClaims Officer= =3A Mr=2E Richard Olsen =3CBR=3EEmail Address=3A honda08=40live=2Eco=2Eu= k =3CBR=3ETel=3A=26nbsp=3B=26nbsp=3B +44 703-190-3141 =3CBR=3E=3CBR=3EYo= u are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as =3C= BR=3Esoon as possible=3A =3CBR=3E=3CBR=3E1=2EName in full =3CBR=3E2=2EAd= dress =3CBR=3E3=2ENationality =3CBR=3E4=2EAge =3CBR=3E5=2EOccupation =3C= BR=3E6=2EPhone/Fax =3CBR=3E7=2EPresent Country =3CBR=3E8=2EMale/female =3C= BR=3E=3CBR=3EYours Sincerely=2C =3CBR=3E(MR=2E)VALAYAMGHAT RAGHAVAN(Prog= ram Co-ordinator=2E)=3CBR=3E=3CBR=3E

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