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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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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: "Honda Lottery Promotion" <hondapro@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: micheal_lewis7@live.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:48:29 +0200
Subject: HONDA SPLASH PROMO (((Congratulations!!! ))) You Have won the sum of 400,000.00 pounds


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HONDA LOTTERY PROMOTION
Welcome to the official site of the Honda Seasons Promotions. The Online
Consumer Promotions 2008

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 for the
year 2008 at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom organized by
Honda. This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of GBP
ÃÆ'‚£400,000.00 (Four hundred thousand British 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 and Hotmail, 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 14 days 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),

Rev. Micheal.Lewis
E-mail: micheal_lewis7@live.com

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Send these following informations 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...................................................

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!!!

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Yours in service,
Prof. Wilcox Bruce

HONDA NOTIFICATION OFFICE

Copyright (c)2008 Honda Promotions.
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