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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: "FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sandrawilson34345@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 16:49:47 +0100
Subject: Re: Atten:Beneficiary!!SHOUD E PAY YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THE $22.5M exc


Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
Tel:+(646-628-9389)

Atten:Beneficiary,
The Federal Reserve Bank hereby contact you in regards to the ongoing transaction of $22.5m.We received an email from one DAVID CHARLES DINARDO who presented a Country Postal Address name and a telephone number with a resident address, saying that you gave him the power of attorney to make claims of fund on your behalf said that you are not able to complete the transaction any more.
You must get back to us immediately before we instruct him to pay for the required charge, which is a mandatory fee being for the Security Keeping fee of your FUND and have the package delivered to your home address without any delay or problem. And he agree to pay the fee $275 immediately so we are very happy OK but we want to confirm from you before we proceeded because you are delaying and your delay is affecting the transaction and we don't want you to lose this opportunity.Here is your representative details below:

Name:DAVID CHARLES DINARDO
Postal Address:601 REN ST,ROCHESTER PA,15074, United States of America.
Attached is the scanned copy of your representatives.

If you did not give power of attorney to this Mr DAVID CHARLES DINARDO , Its important you contact our service department for the solution of the problem with this information below:
Scot Anderson,
Senior Personal Adviser
Chairman Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve Bank
Tel:+(646-628-9389
Email:federalreserve1881@gmail.com

Moreover,You are to pay $275 for the transfer of the funds to any of your nominated account.
As soon as the Payment information is received, your funds will be wired to your bank account directly from Federal Reserve Bank New York USA . We shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mr DAVID CHARLES DINARDO if we do not hear from you within the next three working days from today.



Your urgent action and response is needed in other to conclude the transaction on time.

Janet Yellen)
Chairman Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve Bank


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