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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: Federal Reserve Bank <affizaiwany@moa.gov.my>
Reply-To: Federal Reserve Bank <nuny135@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:01:16 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: YOUR PENDING FUND TRANSFER RELEASED



>From the Desk Of Mr. William C. Dudley
Of Federal Reserve Bank
Fund Transfer Clearing House
33 Liberty St
New York, NY 10045-0001
Phone : Phone: 1-888-851-1920
Phone : 1-877-766-8533 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. CST.



ATTN, DEAR VALUED CUSTOMER


We hereby notify you that your paying bank has effected your long overdue inheritance fund transfer but the funds was stop not to reflect into your bank account by USA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT till you forward your DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE (D.I.S.T) before you will receive funds in your bank account. If you have this certificate pls,do forward it to justice department so that you can start withdrawing your funds from your bank.


This is in line with the instructions of the USA Treasurer,Mrs.Rosa Gumataotao Rios that all unclaimed funds be paid into the United States Government Treasury Account as unserviceable funds in compliance to section 3 subsection 1(a) of the United States Financial Law enacted in 2001 after an attack on our dear country on September 11,2014.


As earlier mentioned to you in our email of first instance,all funds from ONE MILLION DOLLAR and above that passes through the Federal Reserve Bank must of necessity pass through or gets clearance from the united states justice department clearing house this has become necessary because of the Money laundering act.In the light of that, we are informing you that your funds with us is overdue and a stop order is hanging on it because of the volume of your funds which is way above the benchmark requiring clearance from the Justice Dept.

We are equally informing you that unless the DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER(DIST) is obtained and tendered the funds would be returned to the Bank's coffers as unclaimed bills.Sequel to the above you are adviced to get the above mentioned document through an approved lawyer who has over the years been assisting customers sorting out issues of this nature,the document is usually obtained from the U.S Justice dept.

This document ensures that the fund is free from any terrorist related financial activities or money laundering activities.Therefore be adviced that no other bank or financial institution has your funds,so be not deceived you must get the document so as to enable us transfer the funds to your nominated bank account within 6 hours of receipt of the document.


Also noted is the unfortunate incidence as narrated by you that you have spent so much money to wrong hands who refused to tell you the truth by not informing you of the vital document in the process of getting the funds,please is time to move on, so ensure you adhere to our instructions so as to get your funds released to you as soon as possible because due process must be followed without let or hindrance.


In case you don`t have this document to forward to the justice department kindly notify Mrs Koffi Abeh,so that she can direct you on how you can go about it for pedding fund transfer release is very easy to get and be rest assured that your funds would be released as soon as all instructions are adhered to.



I look forward to your response soonest.


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



Thanks.


Senior Citizen.

Mr. William C. Dudley
The 10th president of Federal Reserve Bank NY USA
And the vice chairman of Federal Reserve open market
Committee Mr. Timothy B. Bernanke Federal reserve bank Chairman Beside
http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2011/dud110311.html



CONFIDENTIAL NOTE:


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this matter

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