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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: "Janet Louise Yellen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wwramsy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 11:55:19 -0500
Subject: Payment Alert From Federal Reserve System.

WELCOME TO FEDERAL RESERVE BANK USA
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20551

CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUND CREDIT FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BANK BOARD

Attn: Sir

I Janet Yellen, the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System officially inform you that we received a valued amount of funds to credit instruction from the federal government of Nigeria bank CBN to credit your account with your full inheritance/contract fund from the Nigerian federal reserve account with our bank federal reserve board USA.


On assumption of office, i found out that you have an unpaid lump sum to receive.
Based on my investigations, it seems that you have been trying to get your fund but could not due to some circumstances which i cannot explain hence this mail/message.

In the interim, can you tell me if you are more than ready to receive your fund?
Can you reconfirm your details again? Would you e able to follow all my directives?

I need your utmost co-operation to do this. I am directly in-charge to make sure that you receive your fund soonest.

Get back to me for on wardness because i do not much time to waste on this. On the contrary, if you have received your fund before now, kind notify me so that things would be easy for me here.

However, the instruction from above is to send to us the following documents listed bellow to prove you as the fund owner

a) IRREVOCABLE PRESIDENTIAL RELEASE ORDER CERTIFICATE
b) FEDERAL CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP IN CONJUNCTION WITH USA GOVERNMENT

(1) Your full name.
(2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company's name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) Copy of int'l passport or any scanned identity to prove you.
6) The country where your fund was originated
10) Amount owning to you $....


Best regards,
Janet Louise Yellen
Chairman of the Board of Governors
Of the Federal Reserve System

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