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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." <contactus182@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frbank1354@aol.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:39:34 +0100
Subject: Urgent Attention beneficiary.

Urgent Attention beneficiary.


I want to bring to your immediate notice that this honorable Bank has
taken a full control to complete the transferring process of your long
awaiting beneficial compensation fund amount of ($1.5million) One
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.

from the situation report we have confirmed that the excessive charges
that you have paid in the past to some nuappointed offices which is
totally unfair and unacceptable by the world bank rules and
regulations. I want to assure you that your beneficial fund transfer
process will be handled perfectly without any more delay by this
honorable bank because the Federal Government in conjunction with the
World Bank has officially appointed this honorable Federal Reserve
bank to effect the immediate safe transferring of your long awaiting
beneficial fund direct to your bank account with your cooperation to
our banking rules and regulations and we hereby urge you to kindly
follow every of our instructions to enable us serve you more better.At
this juncture, we have to authoritatively inform you that we can
proceed with the process of tr transferring your beneficial fund you
are hereby advised to file your payment processing application form
correctly with all the required details below.

(1)Your Full Name:........................

(2)Your Full Contact Address:.............

(3)Your Direct Mobile Line:...............

(4)Your Private Fax No:...................

(5) Your company name if any...............

(6) Your occupation:.......................

(7) The total fund claim amount...................

(8) Your Full Banking Details Where the funds will be transferred into:

Under the provisions of the transfer approval Act of 1996, section
v,paragraph 111,Sub Section D, We confirm the fund is freely
transferable, legally earned,good,clean and cleared funds of
non-criminal origin,free of liens or encumbrances Note that there is a
mandatory required Inter Bank Service Charge (IBSC) of
($250) only which you are to pay as the beneficiary of the fund to
enable our audit department effect the immediate conclusion of
transferring your beneficial fund direct to your bank account without
any further delay or interference. Note that your transaction is
tagged/code STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL hence several attempts by these
fraudsters/criminals and their inside bank staff syndicates who gives
out vital/top secret details to divert and steal funds. Every details
of your transaction is only known to the Executive directors of this
institution and my humble office for security reasons etc,

therefore no other persons, offices, bank officials, financial
institutions etc is allowed to know any detail about your transaction,
for these reasons, you are advise to always keep every details we give
out to you about your transaction strictly confidential to enable us
render our services diligently and ensure that your transaction is
completed successfully.Upon receipt of the above requested
information's from you, we shall notify you on the next line of
action.

Thanks,
Federal Reserve Bank.
Mr.William Dudley
Tellphone:740 4104399

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