419 scam: "Mr. Ben. Bernanke"<mrben_mrogan11@outlook.com> Last contract Payment from Mr. Ben. Bernanke, the Chairman Federal Reserve Bank

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ben. Bernanke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr_ben.sbernake1125@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 04:54:44 -0700
Subject: Last contract Payment from Mr. Ben. Bernanke, the Chairman Federal Reserve Bank

BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10045
OUR REF: US/FRB/TMR/30890/010
CODE (MY CODE:28O5)

Attention: ,

CONTRACT FUND CREDIT FROM BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

We received the instructional letter to credit $10.5million to your account

We wish to let you know that all Difficult has be removed for the success of this contract fund to be credited into your account.

Your respond is required to enable us credit your account without any further delay and you are also required to get back to us with the reconfirmation of your banking particulars for we to know if what we have in file is correct and to avoid crediting your fund to wrong account.

However, you shall required to provide the followings datas below:

{1}. Your Full Name and Address.:

{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.

{3). Your Bank name and address.:

{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:

(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.:

(6). Your Current Occupation And Your Working ID.

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.
CONGRATULATION TO YOUR CONTRACT FUND.

Please be fast on this matter.

Thanks and God bless you..

Yours in Service,
Photo of Ben S. Bernanke

Mr. Ben. Bernanke
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank

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