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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: "William Dudley SC" <billdudley_fedreserve@fed.us.gov> (may be fake)
Reply-To: billdudley_fedreserve@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:58:14 +0100
Subject: From the Desk Of Mr. William C. Dudley




>From the Desk Of Mr. William C. Dudley
Of Federal Reserve Bank
Fund Transfer Clearing House
33 Liberty St
New York, NY 10045-0001


ATTN, DEAR VALUED CUSTOMER,


The Management of the Federal Reserve bank Corporate Office Headquarters
here in 100 N.Tryon St Charlotte,NC 28255 wishes to inform you that after
a brief meeting held by the Bank executives, on the 6th Day of
January,2015 at precisely 8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT), we deemed it
appropriate to intimate you that your funds will be transferred into the
United States Treasury Account with the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters at
270 Park Avenue in New York according to the record we got from ASIA due
to your inability to secure your clearance document and your failure to
meet up with a minor obligation.The actual transfer of your
funds(US$10,100,000.00) into the government account comes up next week.



This bank is incharge of any fund transfer above (US$1,000,000) all over
AFRICA,ASIA,UK AND EUROPE the paying bank and the beneficiary must seek
approval from our Clearing House and obtain their (DIST) before such funds
can reflect into their nominated bank account.


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.


Find below the profile of the banking institution where your funds will be
transferred into following the government directive:,


AC NO: 68302345093
Routing NO:021109593
Account Name:United States Treasury Department,USA


Note, 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.



we will transfer your funds ($10,100,000.00) 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 that 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.




Respectfully submitted,

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.
Do visit this link for details
also.(http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2011/dud110311.html)



CONFIDENTIAL NOTE:


The information contained in this email is strictly confidential and is
intended to be read only by the addressee. Access to this email by anyone
else is unauthorised. If you have received this message in error, notify
us immediately by returning the email asking for the sender and thereafter
delete it. Please note that if you are not the intended recipient, any
use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email and any
attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions expressed are
solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of
Federal Reserve Bank NY. This email has been checked for viruses before it
has been sent, but please notes that neither Federal Reserve Bank NY. nor
the sender can accept responsibility for any viruses contained in this
email or any attachment to it and we would advise that you carry out your
own virus checks prior to opening any attachment. Thank you for your
co-operation regarding this matter.

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