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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: "Mr. Jerome H. Powell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deskemaildept11@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 01:11:46 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,,,,

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
 
Dear Beneficiary,
 
This is to bring up to date you that, we have been effective towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists Worldwide with the help of the United Nations (U.N), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and (FBI) – Federal Bureau of Investigation. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of African countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.
 
During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover US$481,000,000.00 from these scam artists, which is still shocking to us.
 
The United Nations (U.N) Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the World for Compensation. The total amount approved to be credited to your account without delay is US$25,000,000.00.
 
However, we have received a notice of Change of Account from your representative Mr. Julius Fletcher yesterday. In respect to account received from him, we wish to confirm with you before we proceed with the transfer of your compensation fund to the new account provided by your representative right away.
 
Please I will like you to urgently confirm the below new bank account as valid and endorsed by you for the transfer of your fund.
 
Bank; Bank of America
Address; 690 Adams Street Quincy Ma 02169 USA
A/C Number: 4666 0133 5222
Routing Number: 011000138
Swift Code: BOFAUS3N
A\C Name: Julius Fletcher
 
The transfer will take place immediately you confirm the authenticity new bank account information provided by Mr. Julius Fletcher.
 
Best Regards,
Mr. Jerome H. Powell
Chairman Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

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