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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: Dr Janet Yellen <inforub@tim.it>
Reply-To: infofrb04@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 16:25:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ATTN: Email owner

BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
ADDRESS: 33 LIBERTY STREET,
FLORIDA FL 10038.
E-MAIL ADDRESS (infofrb04@gmail.com)
E-MAIL ADDRESS (info.frbn@usa,com)

ATTN: FUND BENEFICIARY,

NOTE IF YOU GET THIS EMAIL IN YOUR SPAM/BULK FURTHER IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR ISP.

WE RECEIVED A PAYMENT CREDIT INSTRUCTION FROM THE FEDERAL FEDERAL RESEVR BANK
TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR FULL

INHERITANCE FUND OF US$10.500.000.00 MILLION (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES AMERICAN DOLLARS) ONLY. FROM

YOU SHALL ADVICE IN PROVIDING THE FOLLOWINGS DETAILS BELOW WHERE YOU WANT

YOU’RE FUND TO BE TRANSFERRED.

(1). YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS:
(2). YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELL, CELL AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASIER AND FASTER
COMMUNICATION:
(3). YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS:
(4). YOUR A/C NAME AND NUMBERS:
(5). YOUR SWIFT CODE / ROUTING NUMBERS:
(6). OCCUPATION / MARITAL STATUS:
(7). I.D CARD/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY:

BE INFORMED THAT TRANSFER WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY WE HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE
ACCOUNT INFORMATION. ONCE MORE, BANK FEDERAL

RESERVE BOARD WILL NOT HESITATE TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 24HOURS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH FUND RELEASE ORDER REGULATIONS.

YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED TO ENABLE US COMMENCE FOR THE
TRANSFER.

THANKS FOR BANKING WITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK WHILE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SERVING YOU BETTER.

CONGRATULATION TO YOUR INHERITANCE FUND

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU

DR. JANET L. YELLEN
PHONE:+18638555431
CHAIRMAN FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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