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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "honda car international promotion program" (no such lottery exists)
  • "honda claiming security agency" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • claimsdept_honda@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: claimsdept_honda@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:09:56 +0350
Subject: IPL/4249859609/WP1.........WINNING NOTIFICATION

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

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 20th of July, 2007.You were entered as dependent
clients with:Reference SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662 and Batch number AT-040SB06-03. Youremail address attached to the ticket
number: 2752246896 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake inthe first category, in
four parts. You have been approved for a payment of 450,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS
STERLING.) And a Honda Car, in cash credited to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1. This is from a total cash
prize of Ten million euros sharedamong all our international winners in all categories.

CONGRATULATION!!!!!!

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 Timothy Page
HONDA CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
Email: claimsdept_honda@hotmail.com
***************************************************
1.Name in full----------------------------------------
2.Address----------------------------------------
3. Nationality----------------------------------------
4.Age----------------------------------------
5.Occupation----------------------------------------
6.Phone/Fax----------------------------------------
7.Present
Country----------------------------------------
8.Short comment on our
products. [optional]----------------------------------------
9.Male/female----------------------------------------
10.Fax [optional]----------------------------------------
11,Annual Income----------------------------------------
Once again congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Timothy Page
(Program Co-ordinator.)

The HONDA MOTOR CO.LIMITED Team

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