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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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Fraud email example:

From: "FEDERAL RESERVE BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evangelistabbottcole@live.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:13:45 -0700
Subject: URGENT!!!FINAL RELEASE OF YOUR OUTSTANDING FUNDS

Government Gazette
Vol. 789 New York February 2011 No. 89423
No. 3578 April 2011


The management of Federal Reserve Bank Act United States of America is greatly saddened due to the fact that
subsequent transfer of your fund was based on irregularities and some unfortunate circumstances surrounding such funds. The fund in question is currently
in the vault of the Federal Reserve Bank New York at the moment. We have been mandated by the United States
Department of Finance,world bank, United Nations, IMF and the Diplomatic Fund Transfer Commission and have been
given the authority to stop the procession of the fund. Please dont be deceived by anyone you have dealt with in the past who still tells you they have your funds in their possession,your funds is in the shore of the Federal Reserve bank,we have used the big organisation to claim the funds ourself due to their scam to collect money from you at all times.

Hence this has lead to urgent meeting of the Board of Directors to ensure that you are exonerated from further
troubles.

Further to the recommendation of the Peer review Commission, of the FinCEN (Financial Crime Enforcement Network) based in New York and the FATF Financial Action Taskforce resolution on foreign payment. We have taken
this initiative to inform you of the current status of your fund, as the initial bank FRB (BANK OF NEW YORK) has
been revoked of the right to affect the transfer of the funds due to some discrepancies and irregularities that
occurred in the process of transfer. The Federal Reserve Bank New York has been accorded the prime responsibility
to carry out this transfer, due to their recent success on transfer of overdue funds to distressed beneficiaries.The following recommendation is to be
adopted. Firstly, the money will be transferred via online banking system rather than a block sum as it was initially transferred.

Furthermore, all vital documents relating to the transfer must be revalidated to ensure a smooth transfer of the
fund. All avenues of negotiation with the parties concerned must be fully exploited so as to avoid breakdown in communication. It was also agreed that the
Prime bank to effect this transfer will be Federal Reserve Bank New York, this of course as mentioned above, is due to recent and significant track record of success
of funds transfer to beneficiary, by Federal Reserve Bank New York, which has proved very effective up till this moment.

You are to contact the Evangelist Abbott Cole,he his the Media Representative for Federal Reserve bank, contact email address for final discussion on how your fund will be released.Upon your response to him,he will give you details on how to go on the online banking of the Federal reserve bank to commence transfer of your funds.

CONTACT PERSON:EVENGELIST ABBOTT COLE
EMAIL: evangelistabbottcole@live.com


Finally, the revalidation commences immediately and new areas for amendment will be made as well. You will be forwarded with the new modalities and the transfer guide.You will have access to view your funds on the online banking of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK,NEW YORK.Contact me first and i will refer you to the reserve bank site: evangelistabbottcole@live.com

Yours truly,

Evangelist Abbott Cole
Media Co-ordinator
Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)
reply to: evangelistabbottcole@live.com

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