419 scam: "Bennie Honeycutt"<ckd@ckdarchitects.com.au> 2015 WORLD INTERNET COMPENSATION PROGRAM

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr.paullahan@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bennie Honeycutt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.paullahan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 16:19:40 +0300
Subject: 2015 WORLD INTERNET COMPENSATION PROGRAM

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition.
Due to your effort,using Internet programs indoor and in your office,We want to compensate you
and show our gratitude to you with the sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States
Of America Dollars) for the year 2015 bonanza world Internet draw.

This is from a total cash prize of $500,000.00 (five Hundred Thousand United states dollars) given to the first TEN (10) people who will be compensated in this world Internet program end of
the year winnings.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system
and extracted from over 5,000.00 companies and individuals. I am using this opportunity to thank
you for using the Internet daily. The Name and contact Address of the agent (Dispatch Officer) is as follows;

Name: Mr. Paul Lahan
Email: (mr.paullahan@gmail.com)
Phone number: +1 (812) 548-6369

Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to Mr. Paul Lahan on your behalf to send
the cash prize of Five hundred thousand United State Of America Dollars to you as soon as you contact him.

Please I will want you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of our heart.

Have a wonderful day.

Yours Faithfully,
Engineer, Bennie Honeycutt
©2016 World Internet Programs.

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