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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:

• 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.
  • +447031930949 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: MR RICHARD OLSEN <honda_company66@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:23:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CLEARANCE FORM(FILL AND RETURN)


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

Winning parameter
Batch no: AT-040SB06-03
Ticket no: 2752246896
Ref. Serial no: 652-662


CONGRATULATIONS!!!
VICTIMNAME

How are you today? It is not news anymore to know that you won a Honda Car (FR-V). And a whooping sum of £150,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNCE STERLING). I want to officially welcome you to the security and verification department of the HONDA MOTOR COMPANY here in the UNITED KINGDOM. I want to Clearly state here that your HONDA FR-V and Your £150,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNCE STERLING) is very much safe in hands as it has been insured by our financial/insurance company, which makes it impossible to be tempered or redeemed by any imposter, relation, friend or even staffs of this company. On this regard, you are to make your claims yourself so that the release and transfer of HONDA FR-V and Your £150,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNCE STERLING) will not only be done by YOUR INFOMATION PROVIDED but also to avoid misappropriation of fund.

On regard to the fact that your email address was select as a winner by RANDOM COMPUTER SELECTION SYSTEM (RCSS) by Our Computer software Operators, you are to fill the form below. This will serve as document form recognition, and will be included in our 2006 winners album and also as a clearance form to me, and further be transferred to the SWIFT COURIER AND CARGO SERVICES SECURITY OFFICE, DELIVERY AGENT. On As soon as you fill and return this form, you will be provided with the contacts of these offices and you are required to finish with them within the 1-2weeks of this notification.

HINTS ON HOW TO FILL THIS FORM:FILL THE REQUIRED FIELDS BELOW IN THE INBOX PAGE THEN COPY AND PASTE IT ON THE COMPOSE PAGE. THIS IS TO ALLOW QUALITY OUT-PUT IN EVENT OF OUR RECEIPTION OR YOU CAN PRINT OUT THE FORM AND FILL, THAN SEND VIA OUR FAX NUMBER FOUND BELOW.

HONDA WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA First Name.: [input] *

Middle Name.: [input]
Last Name.: [input] *
Gender.: MaleFemale
Month Of Birth.: MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Day: Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Year: [input]
PS: ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR DRIVING LISCENCE (compulsory)

Marital Status.: SingleMarriedDivorced
Nationality.: [input] *
Religion.: [input]
Occupation.: [input]
annual income.: Please ChooseLess than $15,000$15,000 to $19,999$20,000 to $29,999$30,000 to $39,999$40,000 to $49,999$50,000 to $74,999$75,000 to $99,999$100,000 to $124,999$125,000 or moreI'd rather not say
Address 1.: [input] *
Address 2.: [input]
City.: [input] *
State/Province.: [input] *
Zip Code.: [input] *
Mobile phone No.: [input] *
House Phone No.: [input] *
Fax No.: [input]
Email Address.: [input] *eg. username@domainname.com
WINNING INFORMATION
Batch Number.: [input] *
Serial Number.: [input] *
Refrence Number.: [input] *
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]


REGARDS
MR. RECHARD OLSEN
HONDA SECURITY/VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT
Tel: +44 703 193 0949 or +44 702 305 7288
Fax: +44 703 040 3522



HONDA LOTTERY 2006
COPYRIGHT © 2006 ALL RIGHT RESERVED


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