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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrw1916@live.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 08:06:28 -0700
Subject: I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR YOU.

Please Careful Read This:
 
I have a proposition and i will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished.
 
Now my questions are:
1. Can you handle a financial project of exceeding($32.5 million us dollars) Can I give you this financial trust as a trustee/stake holder? I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I,as the regional manager of the Federal Reserve Bank, United states it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in United states.
 
 
My name is Jeffrey A. Martin, Assistant Director of Federal Reserve Bank, United states.I have huge amount of funds existence with out clams in my bank,which belongs to the late customer, who happens to have the same surname as yours. a citizen of your country. He was on a trip to japan to visit his company and never return back to States.Later i discovered that he was involved in deadly Earthquake in japan. His fund is now without claims.
 
 
I want your cooperation to receive this fund as the new beneficiary, so that we can have an agreement and work hand to hand with the bank to transfer this fund legally into your nominated account.
 
 
As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 35% of the total funds as commission.
 
 
There are practically no risks involved,it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
 
 
If you accept to work with me Send the followings for easy communication.
 
 
Full Name:-----------------------
Contact Address:-----------------
Telephone Number:----------------
Fax Number:----------------------
Occupation:----------------------
Sex:-----------------------------
Age:-----------------------------
Marital Status:------------------
Nationality:---------------------
 
 
The name of the closest airport to your country of residence:-----------------------
 
 
I will be waiting on your response so we can go over the details.Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.
 
 
Yours truly,
Jeffrey A. Martin.
Personal Contact: jeffreymartinusa@outlook.com OR general.info@ny-reservebank.org

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