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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: "Bank NY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bernanke12@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:41:04 -0700
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTICE: FROM BANK OF AMERICA NEW YORK CITY NY. BRANCH.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
33 LIBERTY STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10045. USA.
E-mail: federalreservebanknewyork1@aol.com
    
NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM Federal Reserve Bank New York
 
    
    ATTN: FUND BENEFICIARY
    
OFFICIAL NOTICE: THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE RECEIVED A PAYMENT CREDIT INSTRUCTION FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESEDENCY Mr. Barack Obama
 
United States of America USA TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR FULL INHERITANCE FUND OF US$10.5 MILLION DOLLARS UNITED STATE AMERICA
 
ONLY as a compensation award to you, Due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held your fund to themselves for their
 
selfish reasons and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to
 
unnecessary delay in the receipt and so many losses from your end.
 
HOWEVER, YOU SHALL REQUIRE PROVIDING THE FOLLOWINGS DETAILS BELOW WHERE YOU WANT YOU’RE FUND TO BE TRANSFERRED.
    
    (1). YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS:
    (2). YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELL, CELL AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASIER AND FASTER COMMUNICATION:
    (3). YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS:
    (4). YOUR A/C NAME AND NUMBERS:
    (5). YOUR SWIFT CODE / ROUTING NUMBERS:
    (6). OCCUPATION / MARITAL STATUS:
    (7). I.D CARD/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY:
    
BE INFORMED THAT TRANSFER WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY WE HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION, ONCE MORE, BANK FEDERAL RESERVE
 
BOARD WILL NOT HESITATE TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 24HOURS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FUND RELEASE ORDER REGULATIONS.
 
YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED TO ENABLE US COMMENCE THE WIRE TRANSFER,
    
    THANKS FOR BANKING WITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NEW YORK WHILE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING YOU BETTER.
 
                                  CONGRATULATION TO YOUR INHERITANCE FUND
 
    THANKS FOR YOUR KIND UNDERSTANDING OVER THIS TRANSACTION
 
        Thanks and God bless you
    
       Yours in Service,
 
      BEST REGARDS,
 
Mr. Ben S.Bernanke
Chairman Director Federal Reserve Bank New York,
Leadership Bank Federal Reserve Board helps build strong communities by creating opportunities for people — including customers,
 
shareholders and associates — to fulfill their dreams.

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