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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 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 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.
  • hondawinnersclaim2005@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "HONDA WINNERS" <info_hondawinner_claimonline2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: hondawinnersclaim2005@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:01:30 +0000
Subject: HONDA AWARD 2005

HONDA AWARD 2005

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


We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held in June,
2005.You were 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 in the first category,in four parts. You
have been approved for a payment of 500,000.00euros(FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND EUROS.)in cash 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 internat ional 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 our-accredited agent for your claim:


HONDA CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
Name : Larry Adams

Email : hondawinnersclaim2005@gmail.com

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,

CAR CO-ORDINATOR

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