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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: THREE3MOBILE COMPANY <three3mobile@london.com>
Reply-To: belinda@three3mobile.co.cc
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:20:54 +0100 (CET)
Subject: THREE3MOBILE COMPANY CALL AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL




Dear Winner,

My name is Dr Frank Willfield and on the behalf of THREE3MOBILE COMPANY,
We wish to inform you that you are one of our lucky winners which were
randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.

Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as 1st category winner in
this year's Annual Lottery Draw.Consequently, you have therefore been
approved for a total payout of 850,000.00 US Dollars (Eight Hundred and
Fifty Thousand US Dollars only).

The following particulars is attached to your lottery payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 8-13-34-55-84-85.BONUS 22.
(ii) Email ticket number: WN: 754/22/76
(iii) Lottery code number: WN: 09622Uk

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings:

Mrs Belinda Morris
HEAD OFFICE CLAIMS AGENT
EMAIL: belinda@three3mobile.co.cc
TEL: +447031748958

This email notification is auto-generated and it is valid for Eight weeks.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Dr Frank Willfield
TEL: +447045702847

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