419 scam: "Mr. Jerome Powell" <thumper741@comcast.net> Did You Authorize Lamar Williams To Claim Your Funds

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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:
- "required fee " (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. )
- "00,000.00" (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: "Mr. Jerome Powell" <thumper741@comcast.net>
Reply-To: federalreservenoticeboard@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 01:56:05 -0700
Subject: Did You Authorize Lamar Williams To Claim Your Funds

United States Federal Reserve Bank
2051 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20418, USA
Tel: +1 718 814 5163.

Good day to you, I am Jerome Powell from The Federal Reserve Bank, I am contacting you in regards to your Inheritance payment of $14,700,000.00 that is meant to be handed over to you by this organization (The Federal Reserve Bank), you might be aware of your inheritance payment and you might also not be aware, because we The Federal Reserve Bank took over this transaction under the instruction of the United state Government dated 02/21/2023, we have prepared all the necessary documentations validating the release of your $14,700,000.00 to you officially, not until now we received a notification from one Mr. Lamar Williams notifying us that you are dead and you instructed us to pay the $14,700,000.00 to his account and he is ready to pay the required fee for us to transfer your $14,700,000.00 to this his account he provided below:

Account Name: Lamar Williams
Bank Name: CitiBank
Address: 100 Citibank Drive San Antonio, Texas 78245
Routing No: 113193532
Account No: 40501825959
Account Type: Checking
Swift Code: CITIUS33

I am writing this mail to you, for you to respond back to this message and indicate if you are alive and let us know if you authorise him to claim your funds, you have just 48 hours to notify us that you are alive so we don't send your funds to Mr. Lamar Williams account, because if we don't hear from you within the next 48 hours we shall have no option but to transfer the funds to Lamar Williams account and we won't be held responsible.

Thanks Yours Faithfully
Jerome Powell

The Federal Reserve Bank
Tel: +1 718 814 5163.
2051 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20418, USA

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