419 scam: "World Health Organizationr"<info@gmail.com> Urgent Information

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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.
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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- monetaryfund709@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "World Health Organizationr"<info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: monetaryfund709@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:46:21 +0530
Subject: Urgent Information

Urgent Information

Following the outbreak and subsequent spread of the corona virus pandemic globally, our consortium of World Health Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, have come together to compensate the poor, needy, widows, orphans and the downtrodden in India. As one of the directors based in UK, I am fronting on behalf of World Health Organization to contact you as you have been selected to benefit from this compensation scheme
In the light of the above, the sum of (US $500,000) has been approved as compensation for procurement of food, drugs, and other relief materials to assist the affected victims' brothers, sisters, wives husbands, children, fathers and mothers who may have been affected by corona virus infection. We have similar compensations to the USA, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Spain and 54 Nations in Africa, your outstanding winning payment is US $ 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars). Be informed that Payment will be made to you via ATM CARD or wire transfer into a nominated bank account of your choice, as soon as you get in touch with the Debt Reconciliation agent below.
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Mr. Kelvin Shore Manager Remittance Department
Government Accredited Licensed Claim Agent.
Information and Payment United kingdom
World Health Organization Office in. United kingdom
E-mail:- monetaryfund709@gmail.com
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Provide him with the following details, as this will enable
him to process and release of your cash prize without any delay.

a). Your Full Name
b). Your Contact Address
c). Your Direct Mobile
d). Your Occupation and Age
e) Your email address
f) Your country of origin
G) Your country city
Warmest Regards, Your urgent reply to Mr. Kelvin Shore via e-mail will
facilitate the release of your cash prize to you within
48hours.
Dr ANDY PENN,
World Health Organization
COVID -19 Compensation Scheme
Website: https://www.who.int/

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