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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: "Daniel k Tarullo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fletcheresq@fwatsonchambers.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 12:40:54 -0500
Subject: (FRB)REF#: HGD/73D-R/347/15

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(A subsidiary of Federal Reserve System)
33 Liberty Street New York, NY 10045. USA.
Remittance Department
(FRB)REF#: HGD/73D-R/347/15

Attn: Beneficiary,

Good day to you. My name is Fank W. Watson, Payment Representative of Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The United States Secretary of State scheduled a time frame to settle all foreign/local debts which includes Contract/Inheritance/ Lottery(Sponsored by Microsoft and National Lottery) and other international loans, and your email contact was forwarded to me as the next beneficiary to be paid.

This email is to notify you about the release of your outstanding payment of $8.5 Million which was recovered after a failed attempt to have it transferred to you by one of the local banks here in the United States of America and the funds has been lodged with this bank, Federal Reserve Bank of New York in your favor. We have received a mandate and instructions from the IMF to commence the immediate release of your funds. However, it's my pleasure to inform you today that the funds has gone through security screening and an approval has been given. The funds can now be released to you immediately, without further hindrances.

You are advised to respond back to this email as soon as possible with the following: YOUR FULL NAME 2) YOUR HOME ADDRESS 3)YOUR VALID TELEPHONE NUMBER,CELL,FAX 4)YOUR AGE,SEX,MARITAL STATUS. These details are to show proof of claim over your payment. You are to adhere strictly to the instructions given for more information,upon your response, you shall be advised further on the nextstep to be taken. Note that we have scheduled just 5 days to finalize this transaction once all obligations has been completed. A special agent will be calling you on the number you provided for security reasons. there is no need for you to be skeptical or naive it is just for verification purposes.

Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Regards,

Frank Watson
Payment Director,
Federal Reserve Bank
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

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