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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Charles Clark." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bray_williams@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:14:12 -0800
Subject: Payment Approved.

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

We are glad to inform you that your email address has been selected among the winners/beneficairies of the COVID-19 Pandemic compensation prize award worth of $1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five 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.

We are disbursing these compensation funds to individuals all over the world through random selection of email addresses from a computer data base globally which your email address emerged as one of the lucky winners/beneficairies of the above mentioned prize in order to help COVID-19 victims around you to have adequate treatment for the safety of their lives.

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

To claim your $1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars), please contact Covid-19 Pandemic payment agent in Texas United States with the below information.

Agent Name: Mr.Bray Williams
E-mail: bray_williams@aol.com

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

Regards
Mr. Charles Clark

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