419 scam: "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis" <ggg7@stlouisfrb.es.cx> Attn: Urgent Notice

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis" <ggg7@stlouisfrb.es.cx>
Reply-To: <stlouis.fedreserve@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 06:45:06 -0600
Subject: Attn: Urgent Notice

From the Desk of Dr.James Bullard
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Broadway and Locust Streets
St. Louis, Mo. 63102

I received a payment credit instruction from United Nations/European Union to credit your account with your full Winning Price/Overdue payment sum of Twenty Eight Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($28,850,000.00 USD). You are by this notice informed that your outstanding payment of $28.85 Million was transfered to our bank for further remmitance into your designated local bank accountd. We shall however, issue a check or ATM to you if you are unable to provide us with an account.

However, due to the fact that your deposit is a Structured finance, and bonded, no fees or charges will be deducted from your actual deposit. You are therefore required to pay the fees/charges of $487 been for the NOTARIZATION of your funds origin certificate.

Your funds will be transferred to your designated bank account as soon as you comply with our instructions. Meanwhile, you are required to re confirm the following data:

{1} Full name, address and tell/cell and fax #
{2} Means of Identification e.g. Passport photo ID/Drivers License.
{3} Bank details.

Note: We have limited time to finish this transfer as the Federal reserve is not a regular deposit bank. We were only mandated to carry out this particular transaction due to special nature of the funds considering the fact that you have been trying to access the funds and have spent a lot of money through other institutions with no avail. This is the available opportunity to enable you get what rightly belong to you. The FBI/Interpol did a very wonderful job by gathering your funds together and mandating us to carry out the transfer by ourselves to ensure transparency and accountability.

The payment information to send the needed fees/charges will be sent to you upon receipt of your reply to this notice.

Thanks and best regards,

Kevin J. Shannon
Payment officer
Phone: 314-441-3661
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
One Federal Reserve Bank Plaza
Broadway and Locust Streets
St. Louis, Mo. 63102

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