419 scam: "Mr. William C. Dudley"<webmaster110@vf.vc> From the desk of Mr. William C. Dudley

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic immunity"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "federalreserve@vf.vc" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "federalreserve@vf.vc" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. William C. Dudley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <federalreservenyc@netcmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 08:09:19 -0800
Subject: From the desk of Mr. William C. Dudley

:
X-SpamInfo: helo-dns,
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X-Mail-from: webmaster110@vf.vc
X-Spam-Class: SPAM-HIGH-VERY - Reply-to address but no To or cc address - F="Mr. William C. Dudley"<webmaster110@vf.vc> R=<federalreservenyc@netcmail.com> - X=pascal H=mail.i-mad.com.hk [118.142.83.228] HELO=[bingo-hk-ex03.bingo.com.hk] F=[webmaster110@vf.vc] T=[kjackman@carib-link.net] S=[From the desk of Mr. William C. Dudley]
X-Spamsave: Yes - Reply-to address but no To or cc address - F="Mr. William C. Dudley"<webmaster110@vf.vc> R=<federalreservenyc@netcmail.com> - X=pascal H=mail.i-mad.com.hk [118.142.83.228] HELO=[bingo-hk-ex03.bingo.com.hk] F=[webmaster110@vf.vc] T=[kjackman@carib-link.net] S=[From the desk of Mr. William C. Dudley]
X-Sender-Host-Address: 118.142.83.228
X-Sender-Host-Name: mail.i-mad.com.hk
X-Spam-Flag: yes
X-Delivered-To: spam-feed@junkemailfilter.com

>From the desk of Mr. William C. Dudley
Of Federal Reserve Bank,
33 Liberty St
New York, NY 10045-0001
Email :( federalreserve@vf.vc)

We apologies for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences we might put you through, while we were having some minor problems with our payment system which in all case not meeting up with fund beneficiary payments, we apologize once again.

>From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with Federal Government of U.S.A your name was discovered as next on the list out of the 11 outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments during the 3 years tenure of the previous administration in office please bear with us for making this initial contact through email.

Meanwhile, a woman came to this bank a few days ago with a letter claiming to be your true representative. Here is her information’s below.

Name: Mrs. Annette Stallman
Bank name: Citibank, Arizona, USA.
Account Number: 6503809008
Routing number: 322271627
Swift code#:WMSBUS66
Address: 1723 Palmdale Bulv
Palmdale ca..93550

Please do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you or not so that the federal government will not be held responsible for paying into wrong account, if this woman is not your representative, you requested to fill and send this information’s for verification's purpose so that your fund valued ($1.500, 000.00) will be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Kindly reconfirm to the bank the following

1. Bank Name:
2. Bank account number:
3. Route number:
4. Swift code:
5. Bank name:
6. Company name:
7. Position:
8. Address:
9. Working Id/ int’l Passport:
10. Age:
11. Your telephone number

As soon as this information is received, your funds will be wired to your bank account directly from Federal Reserve Bank New York USA. We shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs. Annette Stallman if we do not hear from you within the next three working days from today. We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of your fund must have caused you.
Note that if you still wish to receive your funds do get back to us immediately so that we will remove your funds transfer from the list of those transactions to be seized by the United States Government. Also be informed that we need only a DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER (DIST) to complete the wire transfer. The fee to obtain the SEAL was reduced from $450 to $155 and no other fee is involved. You are required to send the fee of $155 by WESTERN UNION or MONEY GRAM to the issuing officer at the bank where your transaction originated as stated below: INFORMATION

Receivers Name: EKE BEN
Country: Nigeria
City: Lagos
AMOUNT to send: $155 USD
Email the following: To (federalreservenyc@netcmail.com )
Sender's name:
MTCN or REFERENCE Number

The name of the city from where the money was sent if we receive the MTCN today, we will transfer your funds ($1,500,000.00) before we close office and the funds will reflect 3 hours after the transfer. We will send you all the transfer documents to enable you start making cash withdrawals from your account same day the funds are transferred. We have waited for so long and we cannot continue to wait.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking needs.

You alerted reply urgent

Sincerely.
Mr. William C. Dudley
Director Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty St New York, NY 10045-0001
Email :( federalreserve@vf.vc)

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