419 scam: Cathy Smith <support@hostdeprueba.com.ar> FUND NOTIFICATION.................

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Cathy Smith <support@hostdeprueba.com.ar>
Reply-To: smithcathy572@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 22:05:30 +0000
Subject: FUND NOTIFICATION.................

Dear Beneficiary,

My name is Cathy Smith, I was mandated by the United Nations Debts Reconciliation Panel in conjunction with the Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Debts Reconciliation and Implementation Panel on Contract/inheritance/compensation funds to complete the entire unpaid Contract/inheritance/lottery fund. You are required as a matter of urgency to reconfirm your information including your name, phone number, and address for verification and immediate payment within 3 bank working days.

To this effect, a sum of (US$4.5-Million) has been approved for you. I wish to inform you that all matters relating to the release of this payment is now under my control and supervision. This development has become necessary due to the activities of unpatriotic government officials and impostors who keep on frustrating every effort to settle our clients by making requests for unauthorized fees and levies from them. You will be able to withdraw the sum of $2,000 daily with the ATM Card from any Bank Auto-Mobile Machine in your city, just as you also have the option of transferring the total fund to any bank account of your choice with the ATM Card via online with its online access as soon as you receive the Card as you're also going to receive its instruction note.

We apologize for any delay you might have encountered in the past; your payment is now 100% Guaranteed.

Kindly get back to enable us to proceed.

Best Regards,
Cathy Smith.

Anti-fraud resources:

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