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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: "Donald Deloney [ Federal Reserve Bank,New York]" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.fedreservebank@globomail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:43:22 -0700
Subject: ATTN;Payment Beneficiary;[OUR VALUED CUSTOMER] Very Important/Urgent.Get Back To Us Asap For Details.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK,
Intl. Banking Centre
33 Liberty street, New York
NY 10015
ATTN; ; Payment Beneficiary
Dear OUR VALUED COSTOMER,
I am Donald Deloney;  61 years old, working with printing and minting
unit of Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Sometime ago a silver metal
box were intercepted by the US customs at the JFK airport and brought
to the Federal Reserve Bank, The box contained $100 bills to the
amount of $8.3 million, and it is meant for ATM Payment.
I was mandated to examine the box and upon my examination; I found out
it was actually brought in from Africa apparently to deceive the US customs.
My purpose of contacting you is that I found your name/ contact  on
the underneath of the box as the recipient.
Further details would be giving upon your response to this message
Thanks
Donald Deloney
Head Of Printing/Minting And Currency Dept.,
Federal Reserve Bank,New York

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