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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • honda2007lottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "HONDA CAR LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)" <henningf1@stofanet.dk>
Reply-To: "HONDA CAR LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)" <info@hondalottery2007.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:43:59 +0100
Subject: Contact Your Claims Agent

HONDA CAR LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)
An AFFILIATE OF HONDA UK.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON

FROM: HONDA COMPANY UK.
ATTENTION: WINNER
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040SB06-03

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on
the 18th of October 2007. You were entered as dependent clients 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, in four parts. You have been approved for
a payment of 500,000.00 Pounds ( FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.)in cash
credited to file reference number:IPL/4249859609/WP1.This is from a
total cash prize of Fifteen million euros shared among the ten
international winners in first categories. Along with a New Grey Car
(visit to see your car (www.honda.co.uk) Pasted in front of the site
under construction.


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 part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or
impersonators.you.contacting your/our-accredited agent for your claims.

Mr Steve Peterson.
HONDA CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
Email:honda2007lottery@yahoo.co.uk

She is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer
of your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H°67/B4
(keep personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed not later
than 30th November,2007.

Failure to claim your winning/ fund will be added to next 10,000.000
pounds AND CAR international lottery program. Furthermore, should there

be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible. Once again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
MR HARDY GREY.
HONDA CAR/LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR.

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