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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: HONDA COMPANY LONDON <chrisngoka080@gmail.com>
Reply-To: revfrankjackson0@sify.com
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:44:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR_E-MAIL_ADDRESS_HAS_WON_THE_HONDA_LOTTERY_PRIZE_OF_=A3?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?1=2E500_000=2E00_POUNDS=2E?=


HONDA LOTTERY















754

MAIN ROAD
BIGGIN HILL
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.















+44-702-

402 -6867































HONDA FR V 2010















DATE: 28 / 09 / 2010































CONGRATULATIONS!































You have been approved for a payment of
£1.500 000.00 ( One

MillionFive Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling ) in cash credited
to file Reference Number: HDCA/4155247787001-A, Ticket Number: 01225498775436, Batch
Number:HDC-451-5754-14BL.































This is from a total cash prize of Five
Million Euroes shared among all our International Winners in all
categories.































Kindly fill the fund transfer for and
send it to your claims agent ( Rev















Frank Jackson ) below are what you are
to fill:































1) Your full name:































2) Your full address:































3) Sex:































4) Age:































5) Occupation:































6) Mobile

/ Telephone Number:































7) Reference Number:































8) Country:































9) Nationality:































You are advised to immediately contact
the Honda company online accredited agent ( Rev Frank Jackson ) with revfrankjackson0@sify.com for the quick receival
of your awarded
prize ( £1.500 000.00 ).































HONDA CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY















Email: revfrankjackson0@sify.com































Best Regards















Stephen Keythe.















Honda
Company Online lottery
Cordinator.



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