Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Honda Company International Lottery (2006)
This is one of a collection of fraudulent lottery announcements. We don’t send these messages! We collect the ones we receive and document them for the benefit of others.
If you’ve been a victim of a lottery scam like the one shown below you may wish to contact an attorney or law enforcement officer in your state or country.
From: Mr. Steve Scott (Lottery Coordinator)
hondapromotion.company@gmail.com
Reply-To: hondaclaims78@mail2world.com
Date: Apr 29, 2006 3:40 PM
Subject: Congratulations
HONDA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)
An Affiliate of Honda UK.
#28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON,
LONDON, ENGLAND.
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB06-03
ATTENTION: DEAR LUCKY WINNER!
HONDA COMPANY PROMOTION NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you (our lucky winner) of the release of our New Year promotion results of the HONDA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 23rd April 2006 at 20.00hrs UK time. You were entered as dependent client with; Reference Serial Number: 652-662 and Batch number AT-040SB06-03.
Your email address attached to the ticket number: 2752246896 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category. You have won a new Honda FR-V car and have also been approved for a payment of £250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1. This is from a total cash prize of £2,500,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) shared among the ten (10) international selected winners.
Congratulations! All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users selected from the World Wide Web (WWW) around the world, as part of our yearly international promotion program.
As part of our security measures to avoid double claiming of prize or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by impersonating our winners, you are to contact our accredited agent for your claim.
Name: Mr. Walker Jones
E-mail:walker_jones1010@yahoo.co.uk
ACCREDITTED HONDA CLAIMS AGENT.
He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H67/B4 (keep personal.) Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than 20th JUNE, 2006.
You are required to forward the following details to your claims agent to help facilitate the processing of your claims which will facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as possible.
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Numbers (Mobile/Home):
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. sex
7. Age:
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
A scanned photo identification of your self should be sent via email. You are advised to forward these information’s as soon as possible to enable him attend to your file. Congratulations once again.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Steve Scott (Lottery Coordinator)
HONDA COMPANY LOTTERY PROGRAM.
