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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: Federal Reserve <agentjoken2016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Federal Reserve <federal.reservebak201@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 04:13:09 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From the Desk Of Mr. William C. Dudley


From the Desk Of Mr. William C. Dudley
Of Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty St

New York, NY 10045-0001

From the records of outstanding beneficiaries due for payment with federal
Government of U.S.A your name was discovered as next on the list out of the 11
outstanding beneficiaries who have not yet received their payments during the 3
years tenure of the previous administration office please bear with us for
making this initial contact through email. Meanwhile, a woman came to us  a few
days ago with a letter claiming to be your true representative and is willing
to come up with $125 to have the fund delivered to her.

Here is her information’s below.

Name: Mrs Alpina Clinton
Bank name: BANK OF THE WEST BUSINESS SERVICES
DIVISION SAN RAMON,CA 94583

Please do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you or 
not so that the federal government will not be held responsible for paying into wrong
account, if this woman is not your representative, you requested to fill and send this
information’s for verification purpose so that your fund valued ($4.700, 000.00 usd) will
be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Get back to us asap

Sincerely.
Mr. William C. Dudley
Director Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001

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