419 scam: "Deborah L. Hayes."<lum@njpdxx.com> APPROVAL OF FUNDS RELEASE ORDER.(ACT FAST)!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
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.
- deborah.hayes4234@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Deborah L. Hayes." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deborah.hayes4234@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 10:13:08 -0700
Subject: APPROVAL OF FUNDS RELEASE ORDER.(ACT FAST)!!

Dear Beneficiary,

You are advised to treat this communication with the urgency and seriousness required as the Board of Trustees of the Federal Reserve Bank has mandated us to resolve this fund payment within the next three working days.

want you to know that your compensation funds of US$2.5Million have no connection with your past. The U.S Government in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) compensated you with the US$2.5Million due to what had befell you in the past - your name was on the list of scam victims. In order to confirm that I am 100% real, you should click on this link: https://www.philadelphiafed.org/about-the-fed/senior-executives/hayes

We shall await your immediate correspondence with your direct telephone numbers to my private email address at (deborah.hayes4234@gmail.com) for re-confirmation so that we may conclude your payment immediately.

Yours Sincerely,

Deborah L. Hayes

Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs

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