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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: JEROME POWELL <dawax3514@gmail.com>
Reply-To: powelljerome513@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:17:28 -0700
Subject:

I am writing with utmost concern regarding your impending transaction
of which the payment file has long been forwarded to the Foreign
Remittance Department

Federal Reserve Bank here in the US. I want to recall your attention
that your funds, a total of $10,500.000.00 only, have been long
accredited in our

foreign Remittance department for final transfer to your resident
account. I have been making a painstaking effort to locate you via
emails and will advise

you to get in touch with me as soon as you receive this message so
that we can finalize this over due transaction since our Foreign
Department accepted to

carry out the transfer.

Note that your transaction has been forwarded to Federal Reserve Bank
USA and no more transactions in else where hence your payment memo is
with us and the

director of Operations in our foreign department and associates will
complete the transaction as soon as you contact us. Here below are the
new options for

the immediate completion of the transaction as agreed with our foreign
department:

That your funds will be transferred to your resident account or any
account of your choice as an investment fund through bank to bank wire
transfer.

That accredited ATM VISA CARD will be issued and delivered to your
resident address with a complete pin code number to enable you to
start withdrawals from

the card as soon as you receive it if you so wish it via ATM CARD.

That all efforts must be put in place to have your transaction memo
registered with the International Monetary Fund, IMF to obtain the
accreditation Batch of

your transaction so that the transaction will not have a problem half
way or stopped by any concerned authority for lack of due process.
Note that the IMF

authorization Batch will be obtained at the cost of $350 only.

A written Letter of Guarantee specifically stated that only $350 is
required and that is the last penny you will spend to get this done to
your resident bank

account or through ATM CARD payment as you may have agreed with the
Federal Reserve Bank.

A complete and current Statement of your account as evidence that the
funds in question are still intact as claimed in this Bank, Federal
Reserve Bank USA.

I will advise you to go through this email and get back to me with the
option you choose so that we can proceed with your transaction
immediately.

Get back to me urgently with your account details, your resident
address, country of origin and functional telephone number, your full
name and a copy of

your National ID card or passport copy to proceed.FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
powelljerome513@gmail.com

Thanks for anticipated cooperation

Yours Faithfully,
Jerome Powell
Director Federal Reserve bank

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