419 scam: "Christian Aid" <info@christainaid.org> Grant Notice

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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:

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:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045772097 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Christian Aid" <info@christainaid.org>
Reply-To: habplc@live.com
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:38:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Grant Notice

Christian Aid
35 Lower Marsh
Waterloo
London UK
SE1 7RL

Greetings to you,

This is to notify you that you have been chosen by The Board of Trustees
of the Christian Aid (NGO UK) as One of the final Recipients of a Cash
Grant/Donation Economic growth and a poverty alleviation scheme.
Christian Aid (U.K.) a Multi-Million Pounds NGO group was Established
with the objective Of Human Growth, Educational and Community
development.
In line with the 61st anniversary program, the Christian Aid (U.K.) in
conjunction with the European Council/IMF is giving out Two Hundrend And
Twenty Million Pounds Sterling as specific Donations/Grants to 10 lucky
International recipients worldwide in different Categories for Business
development and Social.These funds are freely given to use for your
business And educational development, charitable work and your Community
development at large.Your Email was selected.
Based on an internet random Selection exercise,you therefore are
confirmed one of The lucky recipients and are entitled ToÂ£
22,000,000:00(Twenty Two Million Great British Pounds Sterling )as
charity
donations/aid from the Christian Aid (UK).
Do contact HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL BANK, United Kingdom Branch
for verificatio and release of your Â£22,000,000 GBP that we have
deposited with the HALIFAXBANK,UK.The account log on will be presented
to you by the bank in order to access the funds before releasing into
your nominated bank account.You will transfer the funds into your
nominated account on-line as the
HALIFAX BANK,UK will provide the necessary information to you.Please if
you are willing to accept the funds,do contact the Transfer Manager of
the Halifax Bank pl c,UK with thefollowing details:

You are to fill the appropriate form and submit to the bank.
[1] Full Names:________________
[2] Contact address_____________
[3] Direct Telephone No: ______________
|4| Occupation :_____________________
Transfer Manager of the Halifax Bank pl c,UK
Name:Mr. Paul Smith.(Transfer Manager)
Private Email: habplc@live.com
Tel No: +44 704 577 2097
Yours Faithfully
Yours faithfully,
Dr Daleep Donald
Christian Aid Director

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