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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<director.office100@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:54:55 +0800
Subject: Attention Beneficiary,


Attention Beneficiary,

Greetings from the Federal Reserve Bank. I have vital
information which needs to be attended to immediately. Did
you authorize anyone to pick up your inheritance funds
from our branch in New York? One Mr. Andrew Johnson came
to our office yesterday in-respect of your funds
$10.500,000.00 USD which has been credited with us for the
past 2 months now by the United Nations in conjunction
with the United State Government to be transferred into
your account. He said that you authorized him to pick up
the funds.

This funds has been in our custody for the past two months
now and we have been waiting for you to contact us but we
didn't know what is hindering you from reaching us since.
So we decided to write to you to make sure that you are
fine and aware of the inheritance funds of $10.500,000.00
USD in our branch office in New York.

We want you to get back to us with the following details
for proper verification:

1) Full Names..............
2) Residential Address.............
3) Country.................
4) Nationality.............
5) Mobile Number...........
6) Occupation...............
7) Date of Birth..............

These above listed details are needed as fast as possible
if you didn't authorize anyone to pick up your funds from
our branch in New York.
We have 3 means which you can use to receive your funds
and you are to choose the suitable option for you. Here
are the options:

(1) Bank to Bank wire transfer or Online Banking Account:
It will take only 2 hours for you to receive your funds
into your preferred bank account.

(2) ATM Master Card delivery: It will take 24 hours for
you to receive your ATM Master card with the
$10.500,000.00 USD inside the ATM Master card. The maximum
amount you can withdraw daily is $20,000.

(3) Consignment box delivery: Your funds will be sealed in
a box without anyone knowing what is inside it and it will
be delivered to your house in cash. It will take 2 working
days to be delivered to your house Address.

The above mentioned options are the medium which you can
use to receive your funds safely. Endeavor to get back to
us as fast as you can with your details and suitable
options if you didn't authorize anyone to pick up your
funds in our branch. Your urgent attention is needed to
enable us proceed with the transaction as your funds are
ready to be transferred or delivered to you.

Regards,
Mr. Jerome H. Powell
Federal Reserve Bank President
Contact Email : director.office100@gmail.com

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