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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: Robert Eric <parale@enternet.hu>
Reply-To: re923214@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 01:17:24 +0200
Subject: WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOUR FUNDS HERE IN THE USA



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WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOUR FUNDS HERE IN THE USA

Your payment files from three (3) different banks, Nat-west Bank of
London, Central Bank of Nigeria and Bank of America was compiled and
submitted to my desk this morning for review.

The total sum owed to you by the 3 banks mentioned above was sum up to
the tune of US$15,500,000.00 [Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars]

Now the fund has been lodged in one particular account here in the
Federal Reserve Bank on your name, while waiting for accreditation to
your personal/private bank account in any part of the world.

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you
have fulfilled all the necessary obligations that will enable the
release of your payment to you, but yet your payment was not released to
you due to one flimsy excuses or the other from the Bank officials in
charge of your payment, because they had the intention of diverting your
funds to their private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish
interest.

You are however lucky that we the management of the US Federal Reserved
Bank detected their evil plans and therefore call for the submission of
your payment file to us so we can personally handle the payment
assignment to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.

Now all modalities regarding your fund release/transfer has been put in
place here in the Reserve Bank, thus, your funds has been made ready for
transfer in our sophisticated macro transfer system, so the only
obligation you are to fulfill now in order to receive your
US$15,500,000.00 payment is the Electronic Wire Charge of $550 which you
are to send to our receiving officer via, Wal-Mart, Western Union or
Money Gram transfer with the bellow information.

Receiver Name: Vera Anderson
Address: Montgomery Alabama, USA
Electronic Wire Transfer Cost: US$150

Once you make the payment you should forward the information or attach
the payment slip to us immediately so we can expedite action for the
accreditation of your funds into your account immediately.

Note: If you can't make payment via any of the above options, then we
can give you the full address to send Money Order or Bank Account
Details to transfer the Electronic Wire Transfer Cost of US$550 through
Bank to Bank Wire Transfer for a successful completion of your funds
transfer into your Bank Account. If you also wish to receive your funds
in form of a Visa Card, we could load and ship your Visa Card to your
address which will permit you a daily withdrawal limit of US$3000 or
write a draft or check and sent to you. For any option preferred, the
US$550 still goes with it to enable us cover the conversion into (Visa
Card, draft or check), insurance and mailing charges. Hence the US$550
is mandatory for any option chosen.

In anticipating for your urgent cooperation

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Janet L. Yellen
The Current Chairman
Federal Reserved Bank

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