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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: "Equity Bank of New York USA." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsnorah11@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:55:09 -0700
Subject: Email owner only

Email owner only

I am pleased to inform you on behalf of Equity Bank that we have received mandate instructions from our banks headquarter,approved by the following offices,EUROPEAN UNION/ IMF, FBI and World Bank authorizing us to mandate Federal Reserve Bank of New York to debit our bank account with them then credit your personal bank account with the total funds approved in your favor.

Express instructions have been given to Federal Reserve Bank of New York to credit your personal bank account with the outstanding sum valued for US$15,000,000.00 as soon as you receive this mail notification and contact Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Meanwhile Equity Bank received advise from our bank crediting adviser that it will be HITCH free for the crediting of the said funds to your personal bank account to be done through Federal Reserve Bank of New York because of the amount involved so we decided to allow Federal Reserve Bank of New York to handle the final crediting of the funds to your personal bank account as it will be faster.

Kindly contact Federal Reserve Bank of New York via their contact details below as soon as you receive this mail as the bank officials is waiting for you to contact them for guideline on how to receive the $USD15,000,000 meanwhile furnish your personal details such as.

1. Full Names
2. Contact Address
3. Contact Phone Number/ Cell Phone Numbers
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Any valid Id card, Drivers License or International Passport.


Kindly contact the bank via their contact details below .
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty St New York NY 10045, USA
E-mail: mrsnorah11@gmail.com


Do not hesitate to get intouch with us if there is anything you do not understand as all this measure is to ensure you receive your funds without any delay.


Yours in Services
Barr Tom Nynu
Equity Bank of New York USA.

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