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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:
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447024021628 (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.
  • mary_hardy07@yahoo.co.uk
  • wilcox_bruce123@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: honda lottery <wilcox_bruce123@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:12:24 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!






LOTTERY PROMOTION

Welcome to the official site of the Honda Seasons Promotions. The Online Consumer Promotions 2007
European Region Office: 10B Canada Square, London HP1 8HFD, England. Tel: +447024021628 Fax:+447005938143
Ref: 475061725 Batch: 7056490902/188

CONGRATULATIONS!

AWARD NOTIFICATION We happily announce to you the draw of the HONDA Lottery Promotions held on the 30th of November, 2007 at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to: Ticket number: 00545 188 564756, Prize # 77801209/UK, Winning Number:4634553/N, Serial number 5368/02 Lucky numbers: 17 98 09 67 46 This subsequently proclaimed you a lottery jackpot winner. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP £250,000.00 (Two hundred and Fifty thousand, Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to email file KTU/9023118308/03, Please Take Note. Twenty (20) winners were selected through a computer balloting system drawn at random from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually most especially on the month of October to December.
This Lotto was promoted and sponsored by HONDA as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially agent, Mrs. Mary Hardy on E-mail address mary_hardy07@yahoo.co.uk to file for your claim .
IMPORTANT NOTICE Send all this following informations to your fudiciary agent immediately for further procession. 1 Your names ........................................................ 2 Cell phone,......................................................... telephone .......................................................... and fax numbers................................................ 3 Contact Address ................................................ 4 Your winning numbers....................................... 5 Quote amount won ............................................ 6 Date of birth ...................................................... 7 Age .................................................................. 8 Occupation........................................................ 9 Sex.................................................................... 10 Marital Status................................................... 11 Ticket Number ................................................. 12 Country ........................................................... 13 Serial Number .................................................

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST must claim their won prize as soon as possible otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed Prize. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT;wilcox_bruce123@yahoo.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!! Yours faithfully, Mr. Wilcox Bruce Honda Online Notification Officer ,
C.E.O HONDA AWARD OFFICE
Copyright (c)2007 Honda Promotions.
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