419 scam: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION"<pictures@jhf-china.org> FBI ALERTS!!Contact And Comply With The Bank 82.200

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- federalreserve08@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <scotanderson34345@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 06:45:37 -0700
Subject: FBI ALERTS!!Contact And Comply With The Bank 82.200

FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C
J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington,D.C hereby contact you in regards to the ongoing transaction of $22.5m allocated to you from the Federal Reserve Bank.
You are entitled to receive the sum of $22.5m from the United Nations Lottery Program and the money is already deposited with the Federal Reserve Bank and you are to get the requested transfer documents at a stipulated charges to be paid by you,the beneficiary.
We hereby notify you that the transaction has been duly verified and certified to be legitimate.
So you are to send the requested fee needed for the documents ,so that the transaction can be processed and the funds $22.5m released to you on time.

Contact the agency now and send the fee to them for your fund to be released to you:

Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
Email Address : federalreserve08@gmail.com

Once again,contact the bank with the above email address and send the needed fee for the requested documents to them ,so that the $22.5m can be released to you on time according to International Law.

You have been warned!!!

Yours faithfully,

Best Regards,

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C

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