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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: "Federal Reserve Bank" <compensationfunds@federalreserve.services>
Reply-To: support@federalreserve.services
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 11:12:30 +0000
Subject: Notification Of Your Compensation Funds 2019

Good Day,

Your payment files from three (3) different Banks, Nat-west Bank of London, Central Bank of Nigeria and Bank of America was compiled and submitted to my desk this morning for review. The total sum owed to you by the 3 Banks mentioned above was summed up to the tune of US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The fund has been lodged in an Escrow account (non deductible) here in the Federal Reserve Bank New York.

Having observed all due diligence required for the release of this fund to you, we ask that you reconfirm your mailing address. Upon receipt of this information, a certified cashier's check backed by this bank will be couriered to you for lodgment in any bank of your choosing.



Do not that we have a backlog of claims to process, claims are treated on a first come first serve basis. You are advised to act with dispatch.





Yours sincerely,



Mr. Jerome H. Powell

Federal Reserve Bank York, NY 10045

Contact Email: support@federalreserve.services

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