419 scam: "UN/WORLD BANK " <teste@satconecta.com.br> CONGRATULATION

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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:
- "million us dollars" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 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.
- c.harless@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UN/WORLD BANK " <teste@satconecta.com.br>
Reply-To: c.harless@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 02:05:41 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION

2017 LAST QUARTER
United Nations Grant Allocation,
405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA.

***PAYING AGENT:UN ACCREDITED BANKS/CALL-CASH DELIVERY.
***TRANSCODE: 311/IV-W120/Eclear-X1/17
***Qualification No: UN-HS/CCF/777/2016/1774
***AMOUNT: $4,700,000.00 USD.
***REF: UN/HS/01142/17
***Batch No: 100-919-16-047

Dear Winner.

Congratulations as you have been nominated for our Last Quarter of the year/37th Anniversary grant/donation in the business,

economic, social and research development category. This Category is the most prestigious of all grant awards given out by

our organization this year. It is being sponsored by the well-meaning and esteemed donors.

United Nation & World Bank Children Charity Foundation had since 1999 been giving out grants to individuals/organizations

from different parts of the world. In our usual tradition of selecting grant nominees, random selections of

individuals/organizations where drawn via automated electronic selected from millions of Internet and transactions documented

worldwide with UN DELIVERY COMPANY'S/MILITARY DESKTOP,LOCATIONS and your email was drawn among the lucky recipients to

receive the award sum of US$4,700,000 (Four million, Seven Hundred thousand United States Dollars) as charity donations/aid

from the Children's Charity Foundation in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. Of the awarded Grant, US

$3,000,000.00 (Three million US Dollars) is earmarked for community development services in any community of your choice and

$1,700,000.00USD (One million, Seven hundred thousand United States dollars) will be solely for your personal business

growth.

Your Grant Category will be disbursed for Immediate claims. You are required to contact back the Admin officer . Mr, CODY HARLESS(c.harless@yahoo.com ) for the processing of your grant quoting your qualification number UN-HS/CCF/777/2017/1774:

On behalf of the CashAid Project Committee of the UN/WORLD BANK Children Charity Foundation kindly accept our warmest

congratulations in advance.

Mr.Cody Harless.
Grant Coordinator
(UN-WORLD BANK CashAid Project Committee CCF)

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