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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • claimmrdepartment@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr david charles" <charlesdavid112@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:14:04 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!


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

AWARD NOTIFICATION


We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of
the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held in 6 OCT 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 300,000.00 Euros(THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS.) in
cash credited to file reference Number:IPL/4249859609/WP1.This is from a
total cash prize of five million euros shared among the ten international
winners in first categories, Along with a New 2006 HONDA PILOT.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
100,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) 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 has been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of
our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted participants
or impersonators, taking advantage of the situation. You are to contact
your/our-accredited agent for your claim:

CLAIMS DEPARTMENT

Mr. Williams John
Email: claimmrdepartment@yahoo.co.uk

He is your agent, and he is responsible for the processing and transfer of
your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H°67/B4 (keep
personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed on time. Failure to claim
your winning/ fund it will be added to the next 300,000.00 Euros 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,
Mr David Charles,

CAR LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR. NOTE: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL ADDRESS CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

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