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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.
  • +447011129965 (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.
  • info_claimsonline32@yahoo.es

Fraud email example:

From: notification department <promoonlinenotice@web.de>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:05:35 +0200
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON ARE HONDA PROMO PRIZE....(CONGRATULOATIONS!!!)


HONDA COMPANY U. K. AN AFFILIATE OF HONDA COMPANY. 754 MAIN RD, BIGGIN HILL, UNITED KINGDOM Tel: (+44) 701 112 9965







AWARD NOTIFICATION



We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 18th October 2006. 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 Number 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 £350,000.00 (THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNCE STERLING.) in cash credited to file Reference Number: HDCA/4155247787001-A, alongside with Brand New Honda FR-V. 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.

Mr. Malco RamaHONDA CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY. Email:info_claimsonline32@yahoo.es Phone contact: (+44) 701 112 9963 NOTE: You are not to reply to this mail, all correspondents must be sent to our claims officer (Mr. Malco Rama )with along side with you reference, Batch and Serial numbers:



Full Legal Name:Complete Mailing Address: Country Of Residence: Sex: Marital Status:Age: Occupation: Tel: Fax: Ticket Number: Batch Number: Reference Serial Number: Amount Won:



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



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