419 scam: WANDA RAMOS <wandar04ramos@gmail.com> ATTENTION

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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.
- generalscott412@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: WANDA RAMOS <wandar04ramos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:11:33 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce to you the result of the World Health
Organization international live sms grant held since July 2020. Your
mobile telephone number was attached to the ticket number: On behalf
of the entire Covid 19 relief palliatives team, we wish to
congratulate all the sponsors, partners especially Telecom for
providing the Mobile Directories for the Relief Programme. Every
participant was selected randomly from the computer ballot system.

The World Health Organization in collaboration with its Parent
Organization United Nations Economic and Social Council looked at the
coronavirus pandemic damage on the world economy and decided to help
individuals and companies to bounce back to their respective
businesses with a sum of $20,000,000.00 million Dollars to each
person. While basking in the euphoria of this achievement, we wish to
seize this opportunity to acquaint you with guidelines that must be
followed in order to complete this claim. On our part, we have a
mandate to see you through. We will work assiduously to realize this
mandate as we respect your views, opinions and most importantly
protect your privacy.

Please, kindly provide us with the following information for
verification of your prize and production of your prize certificate;

CONTACT MR.Joseph Scott.
EMAIL ADDRESS;;{generalscott412@gmail.com}

Full name.......................... ..............

Full address....................... ...................

Age........................... .....................

Sex........................... .....................

Nationality.............. ........................

Home Telephone #...........................

Mobile Telephone #..........................

Occupation................. .....................

We will immediately start the process to facilitate your funds release
as soon as you send the required details. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your Winning information confidential until your
grant is processed and remitted to you. Any form of double claim Will
lead to disqualification.

Once again congratulations from members and staff of world Health organization

Best Regards,

Dr. Jiahia-lin

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