419 scam: Peter James <peter.james555@gmail.com> Did You Authorized Mr Denis Paul To Claim your Fund??

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- jenniferwillams0001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Peter James <peter.james555@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jenniferwillams1932@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:01:22 -0700
Subject: Did You Authorized Mr Denis Paul To Claim your Fund??

United Nations Economic & Social Council
3 Whitehall Ct,
London
SW1A 2EL,
United Kingdom.

Attn,

I am Mrs Jennifer Williams President of the Economic and Social
Council of United Nations (UN) and and coordinating Chairman of the UN
working committee in the West African region, Your payment file was
brought to my desk since last week with an application of change of
beneficiary submitted by Mr Denis Paul from USA submitted claims on
your funds stating that you are dead and also he was given the
authority to claim your funds.

HERE ARE HIS BANKING INFORMATION THAT HE SUBMITTED:

NAME DENIS PAUL
BANK NAME: CITY BANK,NEW YORK.
BANK ADDRESS:NEW YORK, USA.
ACCOUNT Number: 6503809428.

PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS MAN
IS FROM YOU SO THAT THE UNITED NATIONS WILL NOT BEHELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT NAME.

Although we stopped him first until we receive a confirmation from you.

You are therefore requested to get back to us to confirm the
authenticity of the application of claim submitted by Denis Paul or if
you did not authorized him for any reason,urgently get back to us so
that we can direct you on how you are going to receive your fund.

Your urgent response is highly needed.
Yours truly,
Mrs Jennifer Williams
Send your response to jenniferwillams0001@gmail.com
President of the Economic and Social Council United Nations
Website: http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/president/bio.shtml

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