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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: "Mr.William C. Dudley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <interpolspecialagent1472@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:24:04 +0100
Subject: Are You Dead Or Alive. Respond Urgently .

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Serving The Second District And The Nation)
33 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK, NY 10045. USA
Ref: FRB/NY/TDT/US/XX16
EMAIL: interpolspecialagent1472@gmail.com

Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that we have received a payment instruction from Mr.Chan Tak Kin, a Citizen of China demanding that we should transfer your
funds to him, as you have given him the mandate and authorization for him to receive your funds interest.Note that he has given us a bank account
in Hong-Kong, where we will transfer your funds to him without delay.

Bank of China (Hong Kong)
25 Wu Pak Street, Aberdeen, HK
Account Name: Chan Tak Kin
Swift code: BKCHHKHHCLS
Routing number: 026003269
Account number: 012-879-6-034422-0

Please let us know if you have truly instructed and directed him to receive your funds in Hong-Kong.We have informed him to get an official Power of
Authorization from you, before we will release the funds to him, which we are still waiting for.However, we want to inform you that, you have
within the next five (5) official working days to get back to us on this notice or we will release the funds to him.

Thanks and God bless you

Yours in Service,
Mr.William C. Dudley
Director Federal Reserve Bank New York,
Leadership Bank Federal Reserve Board helps build strong communities by creating opportunities for people - including customers, shareholders
and associates - to fulfill their dreams.

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