419 scam: Mr Daniel Layman <robert.mills.gorg@gmail.com> Dear Valued Customer,

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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:

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:
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Daniel Layman <robert.mills.gorg@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.ferdreservegroup@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:08:05 +0100
Subject: Dear Valued Customer,

Transfer Department
Head Office
Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
TEL PHONE: +1-315-226-6230
E-mail, account@frgroups-online.com
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1btbdkbss90dm/?&cs=wh&vto¬count@frgroups-online.com>

Dear Valued Customer,

We welcome you to Federal Reserve Bank (online) banking. Thanks for
choosing to Bank with us because you shall never regret ever banking with
us.

We write to inform you that our Honorable bank has been chosen by the
United State Government as the paying bank for fund payment to scam victim
beneficiary who has been unable to receive their fund due to bad leadership
who always take money from beneficiary without paying out their funds to
them after much spending of their money, this is why the government
approved us with trust to payout $5,000,000,00 to the listed beneficiary
which we have on our payment list.

NOTE:This transaction will be done through our online banking payment
system which we have program for successful payout to beneficiary who will
open an online account with our bank and work with the instructions that
will be given by the online bank dept.

also be informed that we shall require your personal data for
reconfirmation before we proceed in creating your online account, kindly
provide below information.

1)Your Full Name
2)Home or office address
3)Sex,Age
4)Available Phone No.`
5)Valid Identification Card.

As soon as the requested information is received and we confirm you're the
right beneficiary we shall then proceed and register your online account so
you can start making transfer of your funds to your choice account
worldwide.

Your utmost response is needed to enable us proceed with your fund payment.

Sincerely

Mr Daniel Layman
Director Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001

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