419 scam: "UNITED STATE RESERVE BANK" <info@federalreserve.com> YOUR PAYMENT CONFIRMATION.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED STATE RESERVE BANK" <info@federalreserve.com>
Reply-To: <unitedstatereserveb12@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:47:29 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT CONFIRMATION.

Attention: Beneficiary

TRANSFER OF FIVE MILLION,TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY ($5,200,000.00)

We are pleased to inform you that your fund totaling ($5,200,000.00) has arrived the International remittance office of the Federal Reserve Bank Texas District Office. We confirm through a telex advise sent to us that this funds are presently being held in a sundry hold account pending the final liquidation of the fund to your receiving bank.

On the advice of the Homeland Security,We have to contact you for re-verification because we suspected that someone is trying to divert your money into a new different bank account as submitted to us, although they have made the final payment of fund as required of $2,750, which Home land security rejected the payment on the ground that the power of attorney submitted was not in you name. Below is the account summited to us,please confirm if you authorize the payment to this account.

Account name: komex LLC
Acc No : 7001591495
ABA No : 066004367
City National Bank
13500 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Florida 33181, USA

please do confirm to my office immediately to enable us comply with the remittance directive of the above mention sum to the new account as provided. do confirm urgently providing the following information and fill the form on the attachment.

On the advice of the Department of the homeland Security, you are to desist from contacting any individual on this issue as it is now a security risk, all communication should only be directed to my office as i am mandated to complete your transfer accordingly. Because of this suspecion,the home land security advice that the fund should not be transfer to the above account without power of attorney in your name.We advise that you change your email address password,maybe hacker have got into your box to see the communication.Fill the form on the attachment.

Treat Urgent and Respond immediately.

Ronald Edward
Head Legal Department
Federal Reserve Bank Texas District Office

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