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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: "DR JANET L. YELLEN" <admin.office@disca.ca>
Reply-To: federalreservebank27@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:24:03 +0000
Subject: Good Morning



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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10045
OUR REF: US/FRB/TMR/30890/010 CODE
(YOUR PAYMENT CODE:29O5)

Good Day.

We apologies for the delay of response to your payment release and all
the inconveniences you might have being through, while we were having
some minor problems with our payment system which in all case not
meeting up with fund beneficiary payments, we apologies once again.
From the records of outstanding beneficiaries payment files received
from the country where your payment actually originated, you are among
the beneficiaries that are due for payments.

Meanwhile, a woman that came to us few months ago with a letter
claiming to be your true representative. Here is her information?
below. Name: Mrs. Debbie Lynn Hamilton Bank name: Citibank, Arizona,
USA. Account Number: 6503809008 Routing number: 322271627 has been
arrested and handed over to the appropriate authorities to face
charges of violating the system. Please do reconfirm to this bank as a
matter of urgency for verification's purpose so that your fund valued
($10.500, 000.00 usd) will be remitted into your nominated bank
account. Kindly reconfirm to us the following for immediate
transferring of your fund to your bank account

1. Beneficiary You Full Name:(Pls reconfirm)
2. Age:
3. Your Direct contact telephone number:
4.A scan copy of your Identification card:
5.Current Occupation:

As soon as this information is received, your funds will be processed
for immediate transfer to your bank account directly from the Federal
Reserve Bank New York USA .Failing to reply urgently, We shall proceed
to revers your Funds back into the originated country bank account as
unclaimed by beneficiary 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. You immediate response to this email
is highly imperative.

Sincerely. Dr Janet L. Yellen
Director: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10045
OUR REF: US/FRB/TMR/30890/010

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