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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • ace_finance@excite.com
  • ace_financesecurity@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "worldlotteryorganisation worldlotteryorganisation"
<williamanderson888@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ace_finance@excite.com
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:12:04 +0100
Subject: DEAR WINNER,

WORLD HONDA COMPANY UK
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON,
LONDON.

FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB06-03

DEAR WINNER,

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the WORLD HONDA MOTOR LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 5th of January 2006,Due to mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 1st of February 2006. 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 the sweepstake in the first category, in four parts.
You have been approved for a payment of 2,5000,000.00 GBP (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash and a new Honda FR-V credited to file Reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1 which is deposited with Finance & Security Company in your favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY. This is from a total cash prize of five million euros shared among the ten international winners in first categories. Along with a New Blue Honda FR - V Car.
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 mix up of some names and addresses,

we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims have been
processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security
measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators. To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting your/our accredited agent:
Mr morris Anderson (Foreign Transfer Manager and Fiduciary agent)
ROYAL TRUST AGENCY BV. HONDA CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
Email: ace_finance@excite.com  ace_financesecurity@myway.com
He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you. Your Security File Number is W-91237-H067/B4 (keep personal). Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than (15th February 2006). Failure to claim your winning/ fund will be added to next 10,000.000 GBP 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,

William Anderson,
(Lottery Coordinator/Director)
WORLD HONDA MOTOR ORGANISATION/LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR HONDA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL AN AFFILIATE OF HONDA UK

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