419 scam: "Anthony Ray Chavi"<anthonyraychavi@citromail.hu> VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT COVID 19

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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:
- "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)
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Anthony Ray Chavi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@anthonraychavi.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 16:15:27 +0300
Subject: VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT COVID 19

Good day,

My name is Mr. Anthony Ray Chavi, I work with the World Health Organization (WHO) and have been with them for many years which has made me one of the top people in the organization.

You are aware of the current outbreak of Corona Virus which started from Wuhan in China and escalated all over the world which has now lead to current shutdown of many countries by government all over the world.

Billions of Dollars has been coming to World Health Organization since the outbreak of this virus by individuals, companies, firms and countries for the purpose of curbing and containing this deadly covid-19 virus.

I happen to head one of the mapped out department in charge of most of this funds and for the past two months I have carefully and perfectly cut out the amount of Twenty five Million United States Dollars. ($25,000,000. USD). This amount has been deleted from our system and included in the office file as part of the fund recently moved out to be disbursed to Italy, Spain, Canada and USA..
I have masterfully planned this out in a way that no traces will be found now and forever. What I did is to divert the $25,000,000. USD to a safe bank as BOND. Due to the fact that we are always being monitor along with our family members this is why I started searching on the internet for someone who will be capable to stand in the place to receive the fund from the bank.

This is real, legitimate and will not put you in any problem. I will guide you properly till you have received the fund, but you must make sure no one knows about this deal between me and you. after receiving the fund we shall share the fund equally between you and me only as there is no and will not be any third party to be involved in this deal except you and I.

I will tell you more about this immediately I receive your email, so send me your full details which includes your NAMES, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER so we can quickly proceed to have this done as soon as possible.
This is a good opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime therefore we must make good use of it.

Regards,
Mr. Anthony Ray Chavi.

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