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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 L. YELLEN" <sardellilegna@alice.it>
Reply-To: jyellen@inbox.ru
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:41:45 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK


Payment of USD$15.500, 000, 00 Million Dollars in an ATM CARD (In God We
Trust-
Y2N15) FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK Corporate Office
Address: 33 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK, NY 10045. USA
Our Ref:BOA/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/011
United States of America
Monday- Friday
8 a.m.to 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)

NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK


OFFICIAL NOTICE: this is to Notify you that Series of Meetings have been held
by the Federal Reserve Board New York USA and the Secretary General of the
United Nations Organization United State of America,It is Obvious that you
have not received your fund which is now in the amount of $15.500,000,00 USD
(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as a
compensation
award to you, due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held your
fund to themselves for their selfish reasons and some individuals who have
taken advantage of your fund all in an Attempt to swindle your fund which has
led to unnecessary delay in the receipt and so many losses from your end.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the NYS Senate Internet
Fraud Investigation Unit and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe,
Oceania, Antarctica, South America, Texas, Singapore, Moldova, and the United
States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and
United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and IMF International
Monetary Fund USA, have successfully finalize to Boost the Exercise of
Clearing all Foreign Debts Owed to you who have been found not to have
received their Compensation Awards.

Now, how would you like to receive your payment? Because we have two Method of
payment which is by Check or by ATM Card? ATM Card: We will be issuing you a
Custom pin Based ATM VISA CARD which you will use to Withdraw up to $30,000.00
USD (thirty Thousand Dollars) per Day from any ATM Machine and the Card have
to
be Renewed in 3 years time which is 2018. Also with the ATM VISA CARD you
will be able to Transfer your Funds to your Local Bank Account. Even if you
do not have a Bank Account, the ATM card comes with a Handbook or Manual to
enlighten you about how to use it.

Check: A Cashier Check will be issued in your Name and you will deposit it in
your Bank for it to be Cleared within three Working Days. Your payment would
be sent to you Via any of your preferred option above and would be mailed to
you Via USPS.

Take note that you will have to Stop communication with every Other person if
you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have
to spend is $149 Dollars! And we Guarantee the receipt of your fund to be
successfully delivered to you within the next 48hrs after confirmation receipt
of USPS fee of $149 Dollars).

Secondly, you should know that Argument or delay can not do any thing or solve
this problem if you can not find solution to solve this matter by trying your
possible best for the final conclusion of this Transaction and send only $149
Right Away it means that i have no Other Option than to make down my Report.

Here is the information to send the $149 via western union or money gram to USA


Receiver's Name:...JACQUELYN KOBINA
COUNTRY:... USA
CITY:....HOUSTON TEXAS
Amount:...$149 dollars
MTCN OR REFERENCE NO:...

Kindly get back to us as well with the MTCN and also be advice to reconfirm
your full Delivery Address to avoid any Wrong Delivery of package.

DELIVERY INFORMATION NEEDED FROM YOU ALSO URGENTLY
1. Your Full Name:
2 Cell Phone Number:
3. Delivery Address
4. Choose ONE Preferable Payment Method (Visa ATM Card OR Cashier Check):


Below are few list of Tracking Numbers you can Track from USPS website to
confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

USPS.com

911 490 123 080 393 879 0616
911 490 123 080 393 879 0593

Your package will be sent to you within 2 working Days upon Confirmation
receipt of USPS fee of $149 Dollars. We are so sure of everything and we are
giving you a 100% Money back Guarantee if you do not receive payment / package
within the next 48hrs after you have made the payment for Shipping.


Note That Because Of Impostors, We Hereby Issued You Our Code Of Conduct,
Which Is (Code: In God We Trust-Y2N15) So You Have To Indicate This Code When
replying back to us By Using It As Your Subject.

Thanks for Banking with Federal Reserve Bank New York while we looking forward
to serving you better.

Yours in Service,

Janet L. Yellen
Chairman Director Federal Reserve Bank New York,

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