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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 H.Q.S LONDON." <confidential_info@cantv.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:54:20 -0430
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! HONDA NOTIFICATION OFFICE LOTTERY PROMOTION
2009,YOU HAVE WON.


HONDA LOTTERY PROMOTION 2009
Welcome to the official site of the Honda Seasons Promotions.
The Online this year lottery Consumer Promotions 2009.
Honda Motor Europe Limited T/A Honda (UK)
470 London Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 8QY.

Company number: 857969
Registered in England and Wales.

Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188

Dear winner,


CONGRATULATIONS!!!


AWARD NOTIFICATION
Compliment of the season We happily announce to you the draw of our End of the Year Honda Lottery Promotions held on 1st
of  December,2009 at our Lotto Draw Headquarters London, United Kingdom organized by Honda Company. This is to inform you that your e-mail address has been selected as one of the lucky winner among eight lucky winners to received our year 2009 lottery promotion online prize won amount GBP £1.700,000.00 (One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) each winner.

TO CLAIM YOUR LOTTERY PRIZE:
Simply contact our Customer Service Information Headquarters (CSIH Department),

Mr Steve Robinson @
E-mail:(robinsonsteve15@yahoo.co.uk)

PLEASE SEND THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE CLAIM AGENT
Send these following information's 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........................ ...............
10Bank Account Information................... .............

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!!!

FILL THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY.

Yours in service,
Mr Ben Walker

HONDA NOTIFICATION OFFICE
for your claim of lottery fund won with your email address kindly contact our Agent claim office@ (robinsonsteve15@yahoo.co.uk) with the required information's, see the instructions at the body of this notification.


Copyright (c) 2009 Honda Promotions.
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