joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: "HONDA LOTTERY PROMOTION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <honda_customercare1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 04:16:45 +0530
Subject: Congratulation

HONDA LOTTERY PROMOTION
Welcome to the official site of the Honda Seasons Promotions. The Online Consumer Promotions 2012/2013.
European Region Office:
10B Canada Square,
London HP1 8HFD,
England.
Ref: 475061725
Batches: 7056490902/188
AWARD NOTIFICATION
we happily announce to you the draw of the Honda Lottery Promotions for the year 2012/2013at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom organized by Honda. This is to inform you that you have won prize money of GBP ?355,000.00 (Three hundred and Fifty five thousand, Great Britain Pounds Sterling).
Honda Promo Inc. arranged and gathered some of all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to all Email Providers most especially Yahoo, Hotmail, Rediffmail, Gmail and etc., we only selected Twenty (20) candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of our lucky winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
we are sorry that your Payment Approval File was sent to London due to we have 3 lucky winners in United Kingdom so that you can be cleared and paid simultaneously there. You are to contact our UK Location Claim Office on or before your date of Claim.
Honda Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.
Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Ticket number: 00545 188 564756,
Prize # 77801209/UK,
Winning Number:4634553/N,
Serial number 5368/02
Lucky numbers: 17 98 09 67 46
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our Customer Service Information Headquarters (CSIH Department),
{CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER}
MR JOESEPH YOUNG
E-mail: honda_customercare1@hotmail.com
Tel; +44 8719743958
Fax; +447-010-074-761
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Send this following information to the CSIH Department immediately for further procession.
1 Full Name: ........................................................
2 Cell phone: .........................................................
or Telephone:........................................................
3 Contact Address ................................................
4 Date of birth ......................................................
5 Age ..................................................................
6 Occupation........................................................
7 Sex....................................................................
8 Marital Status...................................................
9 Country of Origin...................................................
10Winning Number..............................................
11 Serial numbers................................................
12 Lucky numbers.............................................
(PLEASE REPLY TO:honda_customercare1@hotmail.com
KEEP THIS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE MONEY.
NOTE THAT NOBODY OR EVEN THE APPOINTED BANK HAS THE RIGHT TO TOUCH, DEDUCT OR GET ACCESS TO YOUR PRIZE MONEY FOR ANY REASON THEY HAVE BEEN WARNED STRICTLY!
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.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,
Prof. Wilcox Bruce

Anti-fraud resources: