419 scam: Mrs Janet Yellen <malek@mail.bou.edu.bd> From the desk of Dr.Janet L Yellen Of Federal Reserve Bank

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- frb.ny01@financier.com (Financier; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: drjanetyellen@oimail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:19:34 +0100
Subject: From the desk of Dr.Janet L Yellen Of Federal Reserve Bank

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From the desk of Dr.Janet L Yellen
Of Federal Reserve Bank ,33 Liberty St
New York, NY 10045-0001
contact: frb.ny01@financier.com
text or call +1(646) 883-9530

We apologies for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences we
might put you through, while we were having some minor problems with our
payment system which in all case not meeting up with fund beneficiary
payments, we apologies once again.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with federal
Government of U.S.A your name was discovered as next on the list out of
the 11 outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments
during the 3 years tenure of the previous administration in office
please bear with us for making this initial contact through email.

Meanwhile, a woman came to this bank a few days ago with a letter
claiming to be your true representative. Here is her information's
below.

Name: Mrs.Annette stillman
Bank name: Citibank , Arizona , USA .
Account Number: 6503809008 <(650)%20380-9008>
Routing number: 322271627
Swift code#:WMSBUS66
Address: 1723 Palmdale Bulv
Palmdale ca..93550

Please do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of urgency if this woman is
from you or not so that the federal government will not beheld
responsible for paying into wrong account, if this woman is not your
representative, you requested to fill and send this information's for
verification's purpose so that your fund valued ($15.500, 000.00 usd)
will be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Below are the information needed for now with regards to either
transfer or delivery.Kindly reconfirm to the bank the following

1. Bank Name:
2. Bank account number:
3. Route number:
4. Swift code:
5. Bank name:
6. Company name:
7. Position:
8.Address:
9. Working Id/ intil Passport:
10. Age:
11. Your telephone number:

As soon as this 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 Mrs. Annette
Stillman if we do not hear from you within the next three working days
from today. We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring
of your fund must have caused you.
You alerted reply urgent

Thanks
Dr.Janet L Yellen

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