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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +447045716315 (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.
  • info.jame@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK HONDA NATIONAL LOTTERY <ukhonda00001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <info.jame@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:02:22 -0500
Subject: **YOU HAVE WON**



HONDA CAR LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS) An Affiliate of Honda UK. 28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON, LONDONFROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTORINTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT. Ref: UK/9420X2/89Batch: 07/09/ZY2389 YOU HAVE WON 610,000 POUNDS STERLING Our Dear Winner, You have won the sum of £610,000 (SIX HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND,POUNDS STERLING ) from BRITISH HONDA LOTTERY on our Email Selected Winners of Monthly charity bonanza.The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet E-mail Users,from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claims Department below quoting winning number: HONDA WINNING NUMBER : 12.32.08.50.Please quote your winning number. As an additional service, its for you provide your Data to our online claims Agent to keep inform by our specialist staff. Confirm your winnings to the Claim Agent who is resign to help claim your Prize and sent to you. Fill Your Data and returns to claims belows: 1.FULL NAME:_________________2.ADDRESS:_________________3.AGE:_______________________4:SEX:_______________________5.OCCUPATION:___________________6.E-MAIL ADDRESS:__________________7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________8.FAX NUMBER: _________________________9.WINNING NUMBERS:____________________10.REFERENCE NUMBER:_______________11. AMOUNT WON:_____________________ 12.COUNTRY:__________________________ Contact the under-listed institution by phone,email for your application to be submitted . Claims Agent:Mr Jame HarryPhone:+44 70457 16315E-mail:info.jame@yahoo.co.uk Congratulations once again. Regards,Mrs Rose Smiths.Online coordinator forBRITISH HONDA LOTTERYHonda Desk Department.The Lottery Company.
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