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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.
  • +447031954397 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031838020 (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.
  • greoge_dav@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "honda motor lottery promotion" <hondamotor.lottprom2@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:15:46 +0530
Subject: CONGARTULATION!!! HONDA 2008 LOTTERY WINNER,


<http://automobiles.honda.com/>*LOTTERY PROMOTION
* * * <http://automobiles.honda.com/element-sc/index.aspx>
*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.
*
*Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188*
*CONGRATULATIONS!*
* *
* AWARD NOTIFICATION
**We happily announce to you the draw of the HONDA * Lottery Promotions held
on the 1th of january,2008 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 *£40**0,000.00 (four
hundred 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 August to November.

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, Rev. Gorge.David on E-mail address :
greoge_dav@yahoo.co.uk to file for your claim . Tel: + 44 703 183 8020 / +
44 703 195 5528
Fax: + 44 870 475 3

*
**
*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:
greoge_dav@yahoo.co.uk<http://us.f458.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=greoge_dav@yahoo.co.uk>
*
*Tell +44 703 195 4397/+44 703 194 7590.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION. *
*
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Mc.Evis.
Honda Online Notification Officer , C.E.O HONDA AWARD OFFICE

*

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