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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.
  • legalizationoffice@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HONDA COMPANY <honda_company1@easymail.hu>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:38:16 +0100
Subject: HONDA PROMOTION WINNER

HONDA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL

LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)

Customer Service Department 

An Affiliate of Honda UK.

#28 TANFIELD ROAD

, CROYDON,
LONDON, ENGLAND.

TICKET NUMBER:  2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER:652-662
BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB06-03

 

ATTENTION: OUR LUCKY WINNER! 
  
                           HONDA  LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

   We are pleased to inform you (our lucky winner) of the release  of our  end of Year's promotion results of the HONDA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held in the month of November  2006. You were entered as dependent client 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. You have been approved for a payment of £250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling ) in cash credited and a to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1. This is from a total cash prize of £2,500,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling ) shared among the ten (10) international selected winners. along with a new blue car Congratulations!  

 

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users selected from the World Wide Web (WWW) around the world, as part of our yearly international promotion program. 

 

As part of our security measures to avoid double claiming of prize or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by impersonating our winners, you are to contact our accredited agent for your claim.

 

Name: MR DENNIS COKER
E-mail:legalizationoffice@myway.com

 

ACCREDITTED HONDA CLAIMS AGENT.

 He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H67/B4 (keep personal.) .

 

You are required to forward the following details to your claims agent to help facilitate the processing of your claims which will facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as possible.

 

1. Full Names:

2. Residential Address:

3. Phone Numbers
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:

6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. Nationality:

9. Present Country: 

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Jerry Smith
(HONDA CAR COMPANY) 

Anti-fraud resources:

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