419 scam: "Mrs Lael Brainard"<abdulqayyum@gmail.com> Kindly revert to me

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- capgermini@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Lael Brainard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <capgermini@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 23:09:01 -0600
Subject: Kindly revert to me

Dear Sir

Notification from Federal Reserve, after a closed door meeting today
at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. at the office of
the Presidency, the Federal Reserve Chair-Person, in conjunction with
the Federal Investigation Unit, we came to an agreement that
an instruction release advice should be giving to Alfred W. Moeckli,
Chief Executive Officer of the VP Bank requesting them to disburse all
due inheritance/contract part payment valued at Five Million Six
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only and below ($5,600,000,00)
which you happen to be among the list.

Therefore, in the instruction of the above, you have been issued with
this Exclusive Reference Payment Identification Number
(VPB/VLI/2XLIC14737/017), Vide Transaction No: VPB/EUR/16-17 having
received these vital payment numbers, you have instantly qualified to
receive and confirm your payment within the next 72hrs banking hours
through the VP Bank Online Transfer system.

You are therefore, advice to revert to us through this E-mail:
capgermini@gmail.com for further instruction on your fund release.

Thanks

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs Lael Brainard
Federal Reserve's Board of Governors
United States

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