419 scam: "WINNING NOTIFICATION [CONGRATULATION"<handherodh@yeah.net> WINNING NOTIFICATION [CONGRATULATION

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "WINNING NOTIFICATION [CONGRATULATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <herohondadp@yeah.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:57:49 +0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION [CONGRATULATION

DEAR WINNER,
This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of your e-mail regarding your award prize value of EIGHT Hundred AND FIFTY Thousand AMERICAN DOLLARS [850,000.00 USD] and Hero Honda Bike. Won from the HERO HONDA international promotion China new Hero Honda Factory Opening 2013.

CHINA HONDA COMPANY selected 500,000 e-mail addresses from all the e-mail network services in all over Asian and Europe and World Wide countries and over twenty million E-mail addresses participated in this award promotion and seven persons from seven different countries were selected to benefit from the promotion and you are one of the Selected Winner.

These are your identification numbers:
Batch number..........H.H.CN/ 004412011.
Lotto number...........C.C.CN/0-46
Winning number......H.H.CN/ 04567
winning item..........HERO HONDA BIKE
Winning Amount......$850,000 .00 USD

You are to fill and submit the form below, the mode in which you want to receive your winning amount, for us to verify your option and assign your amount to the particular option and this process will not take more than 48hrs to enable you receive your winning amount without much delay
Full name: ______________________________ _
Full Address: ____________________________
Nationality: ______________________________
Sex_________________________________________
Age__________________________________________
Mobile: Number__________________________
Work Telephone: ________________________
E-mail address: __________________________
Date of birth: _____________________________
STATE_______________________________________
CITY_________________________________________
Occupation: ______________________
I hope my application will be favorable granted by your reputable office.

Note: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of HERO HONDA CORPORATION. You are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and do not share it with any individual or firm to avoid confiscation of your prize.

PLEASE, ALWAYS CONTACT US WITH THIS EMAIL:
Email:herohondadp@yeah.net

OFFICE DAY??£¤S, MONDAY TO SATURDAY
Regards
HERO HONDA BIKE 2013 MODEL (CBR 250R)

OFFICE DAY??£¤S, MONDAY TO SATURDAY
King Regards Event Manager China Branch
DR IVAN

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