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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: "WHATSAPP INC* 2022 Charity Program." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <whatsapp_givewin@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:16:33 -0700
Subject: WHATSAPP WINNING/ CONGRATULATIONS tod

CONGRATULATIONS

!
On behalf of *WHATSAPP INC* we deeply congratulate you on the award of (700.000 USD) Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollar On the *WHATSAPP INC* (COVID-19 PALLIATIVES) 2022 International charity award program held in USA. Our beneficiaries include both subscribers and non-subscribers of *WHATSAPP INC*. The Email On-line draw was conducted randomly on all active Email addresses worldwide during this pandemic. We only selected One Hundred And Twenty (120) candidates as our winners from each region of the world (America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia) through the On-line Electronic Balloting System and your email has been selected among the (120)-beneficiaries of the program.
This charity promotion is part of the financial empowerment program of the *WHATSAPP INC* in its struggle to alleviate poverty world wide especially during this pandemic. This promotional program is being promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities in the person of Brian Acton of WhatsApp Inc, Talmon Marco of Viber Inc. With the support of AT&T CEO: Randall L.Stephenson,and other corporate companies and organizations in the world to encourage the use of computer systems worldwide.
This award fund MUST be claimed by the Email Owner ONLY, within a few working days from the day of notification. Provide your claims information as required below to our event manager via email: whatsapp_givewin@outlook.com

1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Mobile Number:
6. Country:
7. Occupation:
8. Nationality:
9. Annual Income:
10.Your Won Amount:

Above is the required information for processing of your award, please fill the required information and return it back for verification and payment of your fund.
Kindly provide the required information as soon as possible to enable the paying bank process and commence your payment before the last remittance date.
Best Regard,

Mr. Chad Bonshark (Event Manager)
*WHATSAPP INC* 2022 Charity Program.
670 Castro Street, Suite 125-220
Mountain View, California, 94041
United States of America.

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