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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: "William C. Dudley" < www.@cap.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "William C. Dudley" <williamdudley744@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:02:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From: Federal Reserve Bank New York

From: Federal Reserve Bank New York
Headquarters:l New York, NY, United States of America
Founded: 1914, New York City, New York, United States
ADDRESS: 33 Liberty St New York , NY 100450001
Hours: Open Today • 8:30am 5:30pm

Good day to you dear beneficiary how are you doing today i hope all is well with you, Am William C. Dudley the president and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Reserve Bank here in New York,am in respect of your respond regarding your fund file which have been here for some time now.

I want you to know that we the Reserve Bank have been contracted by the COMPENSATION BOARD to carry out this project to all the lucky victims due to scam and economic melt down which led to lost of lives and properties. Your fund sum of $3,500,000.00 USD was forwarded to us due to the trust they have on us and i want to assure you that you will receive your fund without any stress what so ever because we have mapped out strategies to enable you receive your fund.

NOTE: We do not request for any fee like transfer charge or delivery charge as you have three options which you can receive your fund, and these options are BANK TRANSFER, CHECK AND ATM CARD so it is now left for you to make your choice and we will follow up. Meanwhile the only money you will spend on this transaction is the sum of $87usd and that is for us to obtain the fund origin certificate from Federa Republic of nigeria and the reason for this is because your compensation fund have been there for years and they have been unable to get it to you due to their inability to do so.

Now once this fund origin certificate is been obtained there will no fee at all and your fund will get to you through any means of your choice because that is the only money needed and the fund origin certificate will stand as a proof to show where your fund is Originated from and this will make offices like Home Land Security and IRS to be quit while you make use of your fund.

For more information please contact me or text me with my mobile
number (929)336 3502

And you have to provide information such as:

(1) Your full name,

(2) Current mobile number,

(3) One of the means on how you wish to get your funds,


Thank You,
William C. Dudley
The President and Chief Executive Officer Of Federal Reserve Bank NY.

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