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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 Automobile 2011 Award" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hondaclaimsdept-15@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 23:57:58 +0100
Subject: Dear Account Owner

Dear Account Owner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws of Honda Company 2011 Grant Promotion.

Honda Company draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 47,000,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer ballot search from the Internet as
part of our international promotions program which was conducted this
year.No tickets were sold.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of Seven
Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds(£750,000.00).

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 3 weeks.
After this date all funds will be returned to the HONDA COMPANY
TREASURY as unclaimed.

These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to
contact our legal attorney Claims Department in U.K, send your winning
identification numbers and fill the verification form below,to enable
him verify your claims.

These are your identification numbers:
-====================================================
Grant number.....................Secret pin code x7pwyz2000
Reff number.....................2551256003/23
=====================================================
**************************************
1.BENEFICIARY FULL NAME:
2.BENEFICIARY RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.BENEFICIARY DATE OF BIRTH:
4.BENEFICIARY WINNING EMAIL:
5.BENEFICIARY PHONE NUMBER:
6.BENEFICIARY SEX:
7.BENEFICIARY OCCUPATION:
8.BENEFICIARY MARITAL STATUS:
9.BENEFICIARY NATIONALITY:
***************************************
Information and Payment Bureau:
U.K Representative Office.
Payment Officer:Barrister Peter Touch.
Phone Number:+447045741277
Email: hondaclaimsdept15@hotmail.co.uk
***************************************

FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY, BE ADVISED NOT TO DISCLOSE YOUR
WINNING DETAILS TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND
YOUR PRIZE MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT. THIS IS
PART OF PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM OR MISUSE OF THIS
PROGRAM BY SOME SOCIAL MISCREANTS.

Sincerely,
Honda Automobile Company.

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