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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: "Janet Lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jfrank0frb@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:52:02 -0800
Subject: FEDERAL RESERVE[FUNDS REMITTANCE]3

Dear Beneficiary,

I hope that this correspondence is received with the urgency and

expediency required.

It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees at the FEDERAL RESERVE

Bank that your present inheritance claims application being handled by

the Remitting Bank in the United States is experiencing some man made

irregularities. To this effect, it has become necessary for the Board of

Trustees to invite trained Fund Transfer Specialists in the United

States to resolve and regularize your fund release with immediate

effect.


We at Janet Lee & Associates have been duly consulted by the FEDERAL

RESERVE Bank Board of Trustees and have been fully informed about how the

staffs of the remitting bank has been taking advantage of you by telling

you to pay unnecessarily exorbitant charges which will only make your

fund payment a long drawn out process.

Due to this we have decided to step into the process of your fund

transfer to enable your funds to be transferred within the soonest

possible time you are to get back to us Immediately. All processes to

have your funds paid to you immediately through the FEDERAL RESERVE

BANK's Liaison remittance Office in Washington we have been initiated to

cut out unnecessary costs.

You are advised to keep this communication highly confidential as the

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK Board of Trustees have asked us to resolve this

fund payment independent of the office of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

Director to identify the principal participants in this unethical payment

procedure.


We shall await your immediate correspondence with your direct telephone

numbers for re-confirmation to my confidential email address at

(jfrank0frb@gmail.com) so that we may conclude your payment immediately.
Yours Sincerely,


Mrs.Janet Lee.
Janet Lee & Associates
c/o FEDERAL RESERVE BANK.

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