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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447045715233 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709125420 (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.
  • hondadistrictofficelondon@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <hondaclaimagent2007@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:24:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONTACT OUR REGIONAL OFFICE IN LONDON FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR CHEQUE SIR

October 10th ,2007

HONDA INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
13-3 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 102-8414, Japan

Re: IAPP Release of Funds

Dear : TIPPAWAN SIANGSUWAN

We are in receipt of your email.

In regards to the email w hich you sent to us,this award has been going on for sometime and it's not new,you are one of the lucky winners of $1,000,000,000(ONE MILLION DOLLARS) which equivalent to (31,351,387.39 THB)which will be given to you and i am sure that is the currency you use in your
country.
This what our company does in order to help people one way or the other and this year you are one of the lucky winners,all you have to do is to follow every instructions given to you carefully so that your prize can be released to you as soon as possible

Greetings, We are pleased to inform you that our Headquarters office located in JAPAN has concluded all necessary IAPP winners and are ready to release your winnings. A check will be drafted payable to you. We need you to immediately contact our Payment Processing Center located at our Regional
offices in London Whereby, we will release and send you your winnings.

We've successfully conducted the computer ballot zoning of all beneficiaries. Again, we are pleased to inform you effective immediately that your check has been approved and waiting to be issued in your name. The release of your check has been zoned to be releases to you, from our London Regional
Office.

Furthermore, you are required to contact our Regional office via telephonically, fax, or we will accept email today. Once we hear from you our Regional Payment Processing Center will provide you with final processing procedures for the release of your GRAND PRIZE WINNINGS!

Note- You will be required to notarize your Payment Draft before it can be posted to your account. This is for security clearance purposes of the anit-unit affiliation regarding illegal transactions due to the large sum of winnings.

The anti-unit affiliation of money laundering, DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) and Anti- Terrorism sponsorship ,Your prize has nothing to do with European Social Security.

We look forward to hearing from you and completing payment processing.

CONTACT PAYMENT PROCESSING DIRECTOR REGIONAL OFFICE

Dr Chong Lee
Payment Director
United Kingdom Zonal office
PHONE:+44-704-571-5233
FAX: + 44-87-0912-5420

Email: hondadistrictofficelondon@yahoo.com

Sincerely yours,
Mrs Sue Kwang




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