419 scam: World Health Organization <secretaryjohnk@gmail.com> Covid-19 Donations Usd$1,000,000.For You.

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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:
- ",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!
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.
- whocovid564@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: World Health Organization <secretaryjohnk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: whocovid564@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 23:33:20 +0100
Subject: Covid-19 Donations Usd$1,000,000.For You.

W.H.O.Regional Office for the Americans.
Address; 525,23rd Street, N.W,
Washington, DC 20037USA.
WhatsApp No;+1-206-2072644.
Email; whocovid564@gmail.com

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce to you the result of the World Health
Organization international live SMS grant held this July 2022. Your mobile
telephone number was attached to the ticket number: On behalf of the entire
Convid-19 relief palliative team, we wish to congratulate all the sponsors,
partners especially Telecom for providing the Mobile Directories for the
Relief Program. Every participant was selected randomly from the computer
ballot system.

The World Health Organization in collaboration with its Parent Organization
United Nations Economic and Social Council looked at the coronavirus
pandemic damage on the world economy and decided to help individuals and
companies to bounce back to their respective businesses. While basking in
the euphoria of this achievement, we wish to seize this opportunity to
acquaint you with guidelines that must be followed in order to complete
this claim of Usd$1,000,000.00.On our part we have a mandate to see you
through. We will work assiduously to realize this mandate as we respect
your views, opinions and most importantly protect your privacy.

Please, kindly provide us with the following information for verification
of your prize and production of your prize certificate;

Full name........
Full address........
Age..................
Sex......................
Nationality............
Home Telephone #.......
Mobile Telephone #...............
Occupation.............

We will immediately start the process to facilitate your funds release as
soon as you send the required details. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your Winning information confidential until your grant is
processed and remitted to you. Any form of double claim Will lead to
disqualification.

Once again congratulations from members and staff of world Health
organization.

Sincerely
Dr Carissa F. Etienne.

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