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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.
  • +447011140379 (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.
  • infoweb_brcabkplc@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: MR RICHARD OLSEN <info_hondaclaimscompanydept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 20:17:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONTACT THE BANK FOR TRANSFER


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

Dear Rainer Nageller,

I want to let you know that the Verification of your winnings has been completed by the Verification Committee and the Processing of your winnings has begun. You are to contact our paying bank with the contact details found below:


BANK NAME: BARCLAYS BANK PLC



BANK ADDRESS: 1 Churchill Place , London E14 5HP

Tel: +44-701-114-0379
Fax: +44-703-040-1224


Contact Person:
Sir. Herod Jorgensen

Email: infoweb_brcabkplc@yahoo.co.uk

You are to contact the Bank via email and inform them you have a transaction concerning an amount of £1,750,000.00 (ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLING) with Account No.7826255463 and the bank should inform you of the modalities you have to take to have the funds transferred to your country.

Please act very swift and business-like to ensure that the funds are transferred to you. Once again on behalf of the general staff’s of the Honda Company, I am saying congratulations



Mr. Richard Olsen (Mr.)



HONDA LOTTERY 2007
COPYRIGHT © 2007 ALL RIGHT RESERVED




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