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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 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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • confirmation_dept101@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HONDA AWARD PROMO <hondadraws985@msn.com>
Reply-To: <confirmation_dept101@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 05:07:23 +0000
Subject: (((((HONDA AWARD NOTIFICATION))))






























754 MAIN ROAD, BIGGIN HILL,


LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.




AWARD NOTIFICATION










CONGRATULATIONS!









We
are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results of
the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME held on 3rd February,
2009. You were entered as dependent clients with Reference Serial
Number: K44CBL475 and Batch number: HDC-451-5754-14BL. Your email
address attached to the Ticket Number: 01225498775436 that drew the Lucky Winning Numbers (1-5-6-8-7-4-5-2) which consequently won the Lottery in the 2nd category, in four parts.









You
have been approved for a payment of ?8500,000.00 (Eight Hundred And
Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
Reference Number: HDCA/4155247787001-A. This is from a total cash prize of Five Million Euros 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 imposter's, taking advantage of the situation. You are
to contact your claims agent









NOTE: YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP THIS
SECRET FROM THE PUBLIC TO PREVENT DRAGGING AND DOUBLE CLAIMING OF YOUR
PRIZE FOR SECURITY REASONS.









HONDA CLAIMING AGENT

CONTACT PERSON REV DR ARNLOD JAMME

Email: confirmation_dept101@hotmail.com









you
are advised to fill the fund release form and send to the honda lottery
awards claims agent . with the below email address (confirmation_dept101@hotmail.com)









1) Name:









2) Address:









3)Sex:









4)Age









5)Marital Status:









6)Occupation:









7)Telephone Number:









8)Lotto Number:









9)Ticket Number:









10)Serial Number:









11)Brief Discription of Individual:









12)Amount Won:









13)State:









14)Country:









NOTICE:
TO ALL WINNERS You are not to reply to this mail, all correspondence
must be sent to your claims agent, along side with your reference,
Batch and Serial numbers: reply to (confirmation_dept101@hotmail.com)














Best Regards,




Stephen Keythe,




Honda Award Notification Officer.




C.E.O HONDA AWARD OFFICE

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