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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)
  • "honda claiming security agency" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • +447024055833 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • revfranksmith_01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HONDA COMPANY LONDON HONDA COMPANY LONDON <honda_lott@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:53:18 +0100
Subject:










HONDA LOTTERY




754 MAIN ROAD, BIGGIN
HILL,

LONDON,
UNITED
KINGDOM.
+44-702-405-5833.


AWARD NOTIFICATION




HONDA FR V 2007






CONGRATULATIONS!
We are pleased to inform you
of the release of the long awaited results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION PROGRAMME held on 611TH DECEMBER 2007. 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 £400,000.00 (Four Hundred 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 imposters, taking advantage of the situation. You
are to contact your/our-accredited agent for your claim
now.

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


Rev
Franksmith
HONDA CLAIMING SECURITY
AGENCY.
Email: revfranksmith_01@yahoo.com


NOTE: You are not to
reply to this mail, all correspondence must be sent to our claims officer, Rev
Frank smith, with along side with your reference, Batch and Serial numbers:





Best
Regards,

Stephen
Keythe,
Honda Award Notification
Officer.
C.E.O HONDA AWARD
OFFICE

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