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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:
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • +447045733089 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Claims Department" <Claims@hondacarpromo.firm.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 03:06:47 -0700
Subject: Contact Elite Worldwide Courier Company For Parcel Delivery ID:HND/OWN/8798


*HONDA CAR COMPANY*
*An Affiliate of Honda UK.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,*
*LONDON. UK HONDA COMPANY UK.*
**

*Attn: Dear Winner ** ,*
**
*Congratulations once again and thank you for contacting the Claims
Department.I want to let you know that the Verification of your winnings has
been completed by the Verification Committee and the Processing of your
winnings has begun. You are to contact our Affiliate Corier Company with the
contact details found below.*

*I ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL.YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT OUR
AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY VIA EMAIL FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH OF YOUR WINNINGS.
STATED BELOW IS THE COURIER CONTACT DETAILS:*

*ELITE WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL,
HARTLAND CLOSE SLOUGH
BARKSHIRE SL1 3XT,.
United Kindom.
**E-mail: mail@eliteworldwidecourier2.company.org.uk*
*Tel: +44-704-573-3089*
**
*CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY AND MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR BATCH AND REFFERENCE
NUMBERS CORRECTLY.ALSO, INFORM ME AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT THE COURIER
COMPANY.IN ORDER TO VERIFY YOUR WINNINGS,WE NEED YOUR PARTICULARS FOR RECORD
PURPOSE.BELOW ARE THE INFORMATIONS YOU ARE TO SEND FOR VERIFICATION
,CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF.*
**
*1)FULL NAMES *
*2)DATE OF BIRTH *
*3)SEX *
*4)MARITAL STATUS *
*5)TELEPHONE NUMBER *
*6)PRESENT COUNTRY *
*7)WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS *
*8)COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

*
**
*We advice that you contact the Affiliate Courier Delivery
Company immediately and conclude the transfer modalities with them.
Please act very swift and business-like to ensure that the funds are
transferred to you. Once again on behalf of the general staff's of the Honda
Company, I am saying congratulations.


SINCERELY,
Honda Company UK.
Mr. Richard Olsen (Mr.)
Claims processing Department



HONDA LOTTERY 2007
COPYRIGHT (c) 2007 ALL RIGHT RESERVED

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