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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 Yellen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.frbut1@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:41:32 +0200
Subject: Classified Information to Beneficiary

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK.
33 Liberty St, New York, NY 10045, United States.
27/09/2015
 
 
 
Attn: Dear Fund Beneficiary,
 
 
 
 
We have this day 10th September 2015 received a payment credit instruction from The U.S Department of Treasury USA to credit your account.The fund seeks to produce a regular income from a portfolio of fixed-interest securities. In order to produce a high and stable income stream, the trust invests in the corporate bond sector, mostly issued by blue-chip U.S Companies, Europe, Asia.  The U.S Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection carefully selects only high quality corporate and government bonds to ensure that the risk to investors’ capital is minimized and paid to you according to the Government authorized foreign bond Exchange Policy of 1993 edition 244 section 109.
 
 
 
 
Acting on the capacity from U.S National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) this is to officially notify you that we have received a confirmation advice from the Federal Reserve Bank External Auditors Committee, respectively via Fund & Bond Payment Release Instructions with CIS code number: NCUA/FRB0015OCC-FDIC-DOTXXT, requesting payment instruction verification order to you as the beneficiary
 
 
 
To direct credit from U.S National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to assign and accredit any  subsidiary bank world wild to oversee your transfer of payment asset bond valued at(USD $20.500,000.00 million) Twenty Million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. You are required to get back with a brief introduction about yourself for further remittance advice which includes your
 
 
 
 
 
1.        Your Full name……….. Residential ……………………………………. & Office address
2.        Your contact telephone……… mobile……… & fax number………….
3.        Your Age ………. Profession…….. & Working Experience……………
4.        Copy of any valid form of your Identification
5.        Your Bank name
6.        Account name and Number
7.        ABA/Routing Number
8.        Your Bank Address
9.        Swift or Sort Code/IBAN
 
 
 
 
Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into unknown account.Thanks for banking with FRBNY while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our service.
 
 
 
Treat As Urgent.
Yours in Service
Dr. Janet Yellen

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