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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 office" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: <hondamotorltd_11@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:19:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY (YOUR WINNING PRIZE)

HONDA INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
13-3 Ichiban-cho,
Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 102-8414
Japan

Re: IAPP Winner

Ref no: SL/74/368/05
Batch no: SL-121-LT-11-12-05
Lucky numbers: 20-22-23-26-31-47
Email ticket number: 56475600545

Dear Rob Canary.

Again, congratulations on your recent win. We acknowledge the receipt of your mail and are excited to begin processing your claim.

To begin processing the release of your winnings we need some simple information from you to process your check and get your winnings to you as soon as possible. I am sure you are very excited and anxious to receive your winnings.

Please Note: Some questions are for corporate survey purposes only. (All information given is kept strictly confidential.)

Please complete the following information:

(If for any reasons you should have any additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact me
at your convenience.)

USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY

Full name:

Complete mailing address:

Sex:

Telephone Number:

Facsimile Number:

Date of Birth:

Employer Name:

Profession:

Ethnicity:

Address where you wish your check/prize mailed to:

Date:

I .................................................hereby duly
Declare that I have not claimed any cash prize winnings or other winnings from HONDA INTERNATIONAL IAPP

NOTE:

The above details will be documented in our database to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous claims.We will inform you immediately regarding our payment processing center once we have received your information.

Our regional payment processing center where zoned will issue your check and remit it to the designated address per your request.

Again, congratulations and as soon as we receive your information you will be contacted by the payment processing center.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and we will process your claim as quickly as
possible.

Good luck in the auto drawing!

Sincerely,

Mr. Paul Brown
IAPP Claims Officer
HONDA INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Tokyo, Japan




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