419 scam: Mr. William C. Dudley<info@lee.org> Good Day

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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.
- inforeservebankofnewyork.us@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr. William C. Dudley<info@lee.org>
Reply-To: inforeservebankofnewyork.us@aol.com
Date: 12 Nov 2018 00:07:37 +0200
Subject: Good Day

>From the desk of Mr. William C. Dudley
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
33 Liberty St
New York, NY 10045-0001
Email: inforeservebankofnewyork.us@aol.com

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 apologize 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 informationâ€™s below.

Name: Mrs. Annette stillman
Bank name: Citibank , Arizona , USA .
Account Number: 6503809008
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
be held responsible for paying into wrong account, if this woman
is not your representative, you are requested to fill and send
this informationâ€™s for verifications purpose so that your fund
valued ($4.700, 000.00 usd) will
be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Kindly reconfirm to us the following:
YOUR FULL NAME, POSTAL ADDRESS, PRIVATE TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER

As soon as this information is received, your funds wiring will
be processed directly from Federal Reserve Bank of New York USA .
We shall proceed to issue all payment 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 are alerted to reply urgent via e-mail address:
inforeservebankofnewyork.us@aol.com

Sincerely.
Mr. William C. Dudley
Director Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001

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