419 scam: "MISS JENNIFER FRANK"<www@host.ru> T-MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LOTTERY PROMOTION!

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "mrjameshounda@02mobile.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- mrjameshounda@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- name: mr. james hounda name: mr.james hounda email: mrjameshounda@hotmail.co.uk or mrjameshounda@02mobile.com you are also advised to (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MISS JENNIFER FRANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjameshounda@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 02:33:57 +0800
Subject: T-MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LOTTERY PROMOTION!

Head Office
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd
Hatfield Business Park
Hatfield Hertfordshire
AL10 9BW

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars (US$ 250,000) for the month of August 2017-2108 Prize promotion, which is organised by T-MOBILE & O2 MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS. T-mobile contact web mail sites for collections of all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo.com, Hotmail.com, Gmail.com, Aol.com and Earthlink.net and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are always selected in every five month to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS
Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. T-mobile Prize Award must be claimed not later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1207
You are requested to contact our co-ordinator in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him.
Advice you use both email address to be sure that your message got to him.

Co-ordinator's Name: Mr. James Hounda

Name: Mr.James Hounda
Email: mrjameshounda@hotmail.co.uk or mrjameshounda@02mobile.com

You are also advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1. Full name.............................
2. Country...................................
3. Contact Address............................
4. Telephone Number...........................
5. fax Number...................................
6. Marital Status.........................
7. Occupation...............................
8. Sex......................................
9. Date of Birth/Age ............................

Yours in service,
MISS JENNIFER FRANK, SECRETARY TO THE COORDINATOR

Email:(missjenniferfrank@yahoo.co.uk)

WARNING!

You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to Yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid Disqualification that may arise from double claims. T-Mobile (UK) Ltd Awards Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds Arising from the above mentioned.

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