419 scam: Federal Reserve Bank <moneygrampayment427@gmail.com> NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Federal Reserve Bank <moneygrampayment427@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankofamericapll10@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:52:37 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT

Welcome to Federal Reserve Bank, New York; we are a socially
responsible organization, providing banking and membership services to
individuals, companies, trade unions, charities, credit unions and
membership organization sectors. We listen to and understand what our
customers want and have developed a service which offers a wide range
of benefits. One of our key objectives is to provide value for money
banking for all of our customers.

We write to clarify and explain our mode of service that we render to
clients on GRANTS/DONATION funds claim related issues. Firstly, our
ultimate aim is to ensure that the Prime donation receives His/her
funds. That means delivering a wide range of services that can be
tailored to your exact needs. Your details were forwarded to us
earlier by Scott Mackenzie (The great American Philanthropist)
declaring you as the beneficiary to receive the total sum of
$7.500,000,00 USD Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars.

Without wasting much of your time we have Three (3) methods of
disbursing your donations fund to you and below are the options so you
are advised to choose your preferable choice and take care of its cost
included.

* Set-up Current Online Banking Account with unlimited
withdrawal.............. (Initial Charge $300.00 USD )

* Set-up Savings Online Banking Account.............. (Initial Charge
$350.00 USD )

* Cash Delivery System of Payment, 24 Hours Courier
Delivery.................. ( Total Cost $400.00 USD)

Upon the receipt of your mail with your preferred option on how you
want to receive your donation fund we will advise you on how to pay
the fee for the immediate disbursement of your donation fund.

We are looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Thank you,

Mr. John C Williams
The Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve bank of New York

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