419 scam: Eleanor Douglas <psriatcher56@gmail.com> Transfer of US$5,500,600.00 to your bank account

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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:
- "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.
- un3784205@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Eleanor Douglas <psriatcher56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: un3784205@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 09:16:29 +0000
Subject: Transfer of US$5,500,600.00 to your bank account

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Transfer of US$5,500,600.00 to your bank account
Ref: UNDR / EFD5774 / SE

Good Morning,

We wish to congratulate you and inform you that after a thorough review
of all unclaimed funds, lottery funds, inheritance and funds from
contracts, etc. together with the auditor's reports sent to the
department of accounts of the united nation, your payment file was sent to
this office for the immediate transfer of US $ 5,600,000.00 to your
bank account, compensation for your delayed funds.

The auditors' reports show that you have been going through
difficult times by paying a lot of money to a certain group of individuals for
the transfer of funds to your bank account, which has been by the way
delay by dubious officials.

Therefore, we advise you to stop correspondence with any
official or person who is outside this office, as it does not
you have to pay money or fees, since you have met with the
funds transfer requirements.

If you follow our directives, your compensation of US $ 5,600,000.00 will be
credited to your bank account within the next three (3) days
will be sent and copies of the release documents will be sent
transfer of funds to you and your bankers for confirmation.

For the immediate transfer of the US $ 5,600,000.00 to your account
banking, contact Mrs.Carol Mitchag today with the
Next information; She will give you guidelines on how to claim your fund.

Name: Mrs.Carol Mitchag.

Email: un3784205@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE: All correspondences to Mrs.Carol Mitchag have the
Reference number: Ref: UNDR / EFD5774 / SE, together with their names
complete and telephone numbers for immediate attention.

Yours sincerely,

Eleanor Douglas
Financial services, United Kingdom

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