419 scam: "Children Charities Foundation" <admin@qs-loan.com> IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "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)
- ",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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Children Charities Foundation" <admin@qs-loan.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:09:26 -0800
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

Children Charities Foundation
3000 K St NW, Washington USA.
Qualification No: CCF/766/2013/1470
Batch No: 100-919-10-021
E-mail: charities56566@outlook.com

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

Compliments of the day and congratulations as you/organisation have been nominated for our Last Quarter of the year/16th 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 foundation this years. It is being Sponsored by well meaning and esteemed donors.

Children Charity Foundation had since 1999 been giving out grants to individuals/organisations from different parts of the world. In our usual tradition of selecting grant nominees, random selections of individuals/organisations where drawn automatedly from millions of Internet and Credit card users worldwide and your email was drawn among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$3,000,000 (Three million United States Dollars) as charity donations/aid from the Children Charity Foundation in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. Of the awarded Grant, US$2,000,000.00 (Two million US Dollars) is earmarked for community development in your area and $1,000,000.00USD(One million United States dollars) will be solely for your business upliftment, research or personal growth.

Your Grant Category will be disbursed from our Washington Office in the United Sates of America, so you are required to contact the Disbursements Officer in charge of your category: Mike Speier for the processing of your grant. Reach Mike Speier on this Email him at: charities56566@outlook.com Please Quote your Qualification Number: CCF/766/2013/1470 when contacting him.

On behalf of the CashAid Project Committee kindly accept our warmest congratulations in advance.

Wende Trefler
Grant Coordinator II

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