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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: office <mailoffice8291@bol.com.br>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:55:56 -0200
Subject: payment notification

Federal Reserve Bank  of America
33 Liberty Street,New York, NY 10045.
Our Ref: FRB-75BFNYUS2011

Attention:Beneficiary

Payment Release Instruction From Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Acting on our capacity as the international correspondent bank to the
International Monetary Fund Organization, this is to officially notify
you that we have received a confirmation advice from the International
Monetary Funds External Auditors Committee, World Bank, United Nations
Organization and the Federal Reserve Bank of America respectively via
International Payment Voucher Number: IMF/FRBWDC/BOA-93WB82UN567-G
requesting our bank to direct the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN), a
subsidiary of the Federal Reserve Bank of America to disburse your due
wining/inheritance and contract payment valued at Ten Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US10.5M) in your favor via
their branch.
In consideration of the above, you have been issued with this
Exclusive Reference Identification umber(IMF/FRB-NY/9USXX10751/09),
Vide Transaction No.: WHA/EUR/202 and Transfer Allocation No.:
FRB/X44/701LN/NYC/US, Password: 339331, Pin Code: 78569, Certificate
of Merit No: 104, Release Code No: 0876; Immediate IDB Telex
Confirmation No: -222568; Secret Code: XXTN014. Having received these
vital payment numbers, you are instantly qualified to receive and
confirm your payment within the next 72hrs. as necessary clearance has
been granted from the International Monetary Funds External Auditors
to release the funds to you with immediate effect.

In view of this directive received from the International Monetary
Funds (IMF), we have on our own part verified your payment file as
directed to us, and your name is next on the list of outstanding fund
beneficiaries to receive their payment at this Final quarter of year
2011. With that being done, you are required to urgently contact the
Central Bank of Nigeria. through their International Funds Release
Supervisor:

Contact Person: john william.
(Head, Funds Release Supervisor)
Email:(reverendng@yahoo.com)


And reconfirm your international payment voucher number and your
reference identification number respectively before that office with a
view to the final remittance approval and subsequent crediting of your
bank account to the tune of funds as stated herein.

We wish to inform you of the need for you to also re-confirm the
following information before the IDB. to enable the officer in-charge
to proceed with the preliminary arrangements that will enhance the
immediate release of your funds. Owing to security reasons, be clearly
informed that we will not respond to any phone calls/general inquiries< br />placed to our bank with regard s to the remittance of your funds by
beneficiaries as we are barred from doing so, you are therefore
advised to communicate only with the accredited officer for further
remittance advice.

1) Full Name:
2) Full Address;
3) Your contact telephone and fax number;
4) Your Age and Profession;
5) Copy of any valid form of your Identification;
6) Your Bank name;
7) Your Bank Address;
8) Account name and Number;
9) ABA/Routing Number;
10) Swift or Sort Code/IBAN;

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.

TREAT AS URGENT.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
Ann Thomas

payment  notification

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