419 scam: Mrs Janet Louise Yellen <waleadekeye50@gmail.com> Attention Customer

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "moneygram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- moneygramagent010@citromail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Janet Louise Yellen <waleadekeye50@gmail.com>
Reply-To: moneygramagent010@citromail.hu
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:43:45 +0100
Subject: Attention Customer

Attn Dear ,

Good day How are you today? I am Mrs Janet Louise Yellen the 78th
United States Secretary of the Treasury through our unpaid contract
investigation we located your overdue payment scam Victims
Compensation file here in this office and A power of attorney was
forwarded to our office this morning by two gentlemen, one of them is
an American national and he is MR DAVID DEANE by name, while the other
person is MR.JACK MORGAN by name a CANADIAN national.

This gentlemen claimed to be your representative, and this Power of
Attorney stated that you are dead, they brought an account to replace
your information in other to claim your fund of $ 10.5 Million USD
Part Payment which is now lying DORMANT and UNCLAIMED,

Below is the new account they have submitted:
BANK.-HSBC CANADA
Vancouver, CANADA
ACCOUNT NO. 2984-0008-66

Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that, you
suffered and died of throat cancer.You are therefore given 24hrs to
confirm the truth in this information,If you are still alive,

I am writing to inform you that, I have Paid the Attorney fee for your
Online Bank transfer of 10.5 Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollar.But, The Federal Reserve bank of united state here In
Washington Dc, United State told me that, because of the amount
involve that you will need to pay tax before this fund will cleared
into your Bank account and he also advice me that, because of the rate
of Cyber Crime,Internet fraud and scam that is going on in United
States that your bank will not release this fund to you Without
charging you huge amount of money.

So, I told the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK DIRECTOR to Arrange a total amount
and send it through MoneyGram money Transfer and the director Of US
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK has Deposited the total cash with MoneyGram HEAD
OFFICE HERE. All the necessary arrangement of sending your money
through MoneyGram was made And MoneyGram has Approved and program your
payment into MoneyGram money transfer automatic Network Data system
to be sending you $10,000 Dollars everyday.

The MoneyGram director has just sent the first USD$10,000.00 to you
through MoneyGram So contact the MoneyGram Agent to pick up this
USD$10,000 out of the total sum of USD$10.5 Million.

bellow is the information of the first payment

SENDER'S NAME:......
CODE...........251
MTCN:.........385-360--
AMOUNT SENT:......$10,000.00

Contact MoneyGram Director :MR.DOUGLAS HALL
E-mail:( moneygramagent010@citromail.hu )

Ask MR.DOUGLAS to give you Remaining two digits of your Reference
Numbers for the first Payment and Text Question and Answer/ Sender
Name to pick the $10,000.00 We send this morning write him immediately
you get this E-mail to enable him speed up for your payment . You will
be Receiving your $10,000 Dollars Daily because this transfer was
automatic programed into Money Gram data system by the IMF
International Monetary Fund Joint with WORLD BANK and USA FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK

Reconfirm your information to avoid wrong payment.
Your Full Name:.....
Your Address:.....
Your Country:.....
Your Phone Number:.....
Your occupation:.....
Your Age/sex:.....
Your Email:.....
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION :...

Please make sure you write MR.DOUGLA HALL the Director general
MoneyGram TRANSFER immediately you get this Email to enable them
speed up with your payment or send this your needed info to them with
the address given to you above .

Best Regards,
MRS JANET LOUISE YELLEN
78th UNITED STATE SECRETARY OF UNITED STATES Department of Treasury

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