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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:
- "worldcompensationunit6@live.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:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: WORLD HEALTH DONATION <w.h.o@congreso.gob.pe>
Reply-To: worldcompensationunit6@live.com
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:17:49 -0500 (PET)
Subject:
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W.H.O)
International Organization Center
Bo water House 68Knights bridge
London SW1X 7BW.
The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W.H.O), today inform you that your email id has won you our annual yearly Donation Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£450,000.00).
We have mandated the WORLD BANK,to credit this amount of money you have won from the W.H.O Annual yearly Donation via Atm(Access To Your Money) Master Credit Card and the PIN number which you will use in withdrawing the Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds into your own personal Bank Account from any ATM service MACHINE in the world.
Below Are Your Winning Details:
Winning Batch No: (ENG-010-0310,ENG-810-28).
Winning No: (2000/00/324/W.H.O).
Atm Master Credit Card No: 36601566435487.
Your personal Identification number (IN-en-81002-WHO).
THE W.H.O AIM IS TO:
* Save lives and reduce suffering from many nations.
* Build efficient partnerships for emergency management and ensure proper coordination.
* Ensuring life safety and creating job opportunity by establishing personal business in your home country.
fill in the below requirement:
Full Name:-
Phone:-
Nationality:-
How old are you?[.....]
What is your Occupation?[.....]
Are you married or Single?[.....]
PLEASE SEND YOUR DETAILS TO THE DELIVERY OFFICER CONTACT ADDRESS:
Sir Ubaka Okudeli
Managing Director:
Atm master credit card pay out Office.
Phone Contact: +2347058545613
E-mail : worldcompensationunit6@live.com
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