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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:
- "worldhealthcompensation@w.cn" (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!
Fraud email example:
From: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION <sasidharan@bsnl.in>
Reply-To: worldhealthcompensation@w.cn
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 8:24:10 +0530
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W.H.O)
ENGLAND Knights bridge 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 Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great Britain Sterling
Pounds (£450,000.00) as our yearly Donation.
Your email id falls under the final selected email id from all over the world by our electronic balloting system without application as the out standing lucky winner for our yearly donations and of which now emerge you as our final winner for this year's donation.
And this donation is supported by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social and Financial responsibility to compensate the citizens in the countries where they have established and developed.
We have mandated the Barclay's Bank Plc,to send you this amount of money you have won from the W.H.O Annual Donation via ATM CARD and the PIN number which you will use in withdrawing the Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds into your personal Bank Account from any ATM service MACHINE in the world.The Bank will also instruct and guide you on how to make use of this Atm Master Card.
Below Are Your Winning Details:
Winning Batch No: (ENG-010-0310,ENG-810-28).
Winning No: (2000/00/324/W.H.O).
ATM Swift Card No: 36601566435487.
CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH IS (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 international capacity (Making Funds Available) to support individuals world wide for emergency response through our annual compensation.
fill in the below requirement:
Full Name:-
Phone:-
Nationality:-
How old are you?[.....]
What is your Occupation?[.....]
Are you married or Single?[.....]
Have you handled this kind of amount or anything close before?[.....]
Fill the above Details and send it via email for verification
and to direct you for the transfer of your Won Amount Immediately.
BEST REGARDS
Dr. Gawande Bruursema.
Managing Director:
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W.H.O).
E-mail: worldhealthcompensation@w.cn
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