419 scam: "Miss Donna Gwen" <info@diavaz.com> WORLD BANK GROUP

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- grant.earleanthony@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Donna Gwen" <info@diavaz.com>
Reply-To: <thomas.dennis322@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:38:23 -0400
Subject: WORLD BANK GROUP

WORLD BANK GROUP
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD DEPT. PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
MOTTO: WORKING FOR A WORLD FREE OF POVERTY
HEADQUARTER: WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES.

REF: CIL/231-FMI0431/17
BATCH: IPD/15/096/PTNL
CONGRATULATIONS NOTICE

CHARITY FUNDS
The charity is an organisation of 187 countries working together to foster global monetary cooperation secure financial stability,facilitate international trade, and promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
the federal government and the world bank commision world wide, (Jim Yong Kim WORLD BANK PRESIDENT) we embarked on a world wide promotion called AIL accounts that frequently surf the internet.
consequent upon this, Your e-mail address attached with serial number 7755551111 was picked for category B winners, you have been selected for a lump sum pay of $20.5, 000,000 ($20.5 Million USD) which had just been donated to you by the CHARITY FUNDS ORGANISATION,FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WORLD BANK.CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning Information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your Prize/money Remitted to you.

To file for your claim, please contact our/your fiduciary agent Mr. Grant Earle with the information below so as to verify your approved cash.

Please Fill Our The Following Information.
Full name: ……………….
Occupation: ……………
Home address: …………………
Tel: ………………………..
Country: ……………………..

please kindly reply back and once a again CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Office Email: Grant.earleanthony@gmail.com

phone:4432510445

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/JUNK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (CHARITY FUNDS ORGANISATION AND THE WORLD BANK) urge you to treat it genuinely.
Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 5 working days if we do not hear from you, this was the instruction given to us by the IMF.

YOUR CHARITY FUNDS FROM WORLD BANK

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