419 scam: "Mr. Charles Clark."<info@charles.com> Attn: COVID-19 Pandemic Compensation Prize.

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "frank.williams0williams@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Charles Clark." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frank.williams0williams@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:48:53 -0700
Subject: Attn: COVID-19 Pandemic Compensation Prize.

Attn: COVID-19 Pandemic Compensation Prize.

We are glad to inform you that your email address has been selected amongst the winners of the COVID-19 Pandemic compensation prize worth of $1,700,000.00 (One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) from the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S (WHO) in collaboration with the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION in the fight against COVID-19 Pandemic which has taken millions of lives Globally.

We are giving out compensation of these funds to individuals in order to help their loved ones around them to fight against COVID-19 Pandemic and this compensation process was carried out through random selection of email addresses from a computer data base globally which your email address emerged as one of the lucky winners.

We use this medium as a means to expand our global portfolio in the fight COVID-19 Pandemic and also plead with you to use these funds to help families of those Covid-19 victims around you to ensure everyone benefits from this program no matter how little.

To claim your $1,700,000.00 (One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars), please contact Covid-19 Pandemic payment grant agent in Texas United States with the below information.

Agent Name: Mr.Frank Williams
E-mail. frank.williams0williams@yandex.com

Your full names.......
Home address.......
Age........
Gender........
Present Country.....
Phone Number.........
Payment No: WHO/UN/034

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/JUNK folder that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we the World Health Organization (WHO) urge you to treat it genuinely.

Best regards
Mr. Charles Clark
WHO(Operation officer)

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