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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: MISS JENNIFER FRANK <ventasnal@chocotriunfo.com.co>
Reply-To: mrjameshounda@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 08:17:27 -0500
Subject: Re Congratulation You Won T-Mobile & O2 Mobile Communication
Lottery


HEAD OFFICE                                                           
                                                                     
          / NOV 11 / 02 / 2022/ 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$ 250,000.00) for the month of
Aug / Sept 2022 Prize promotion, which is organized 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, Hotmail, Gmail, Aol 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 for 2022 raffle drawn.

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 coordinator in Manchester and send
your winning identification numbers to him:

Co-coordinator Name: Mr. James Hounda

Name:  Mr. James Hounda
Email: mrjameshounda@hotmail.co.uk

You are advised to send the following information to our coordinator
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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