419 scam: "BEN BERNANKE" <fed.r02@w43i207cv.homepage.t-online.de> From Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "BEN BERNANKE" <fed.r02@w43i207cv.homepage.t-online.de>
Reply-To: <federal_reserveb04@fm.tc>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:31:41 -0800
Subject: From Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NEW YORK CITY
33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10045

NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD.

Attn: Beneficiary,

We have this 10th day of March. 2010 received a payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Nigeria to credit your account with your full Inheritance fund of US$10.3Million from the Nigerian reserve account with our bank, Bank of America

However, you shall required to provide the followings datas below:

{1}. Your Full Name and Address.:
{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.
{3). Your Bank name and address.:
{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:
(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.:
(6). Your Current Occupation And Your Working ID.

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.

Thanks for banking with Bank of America while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our service.

Thanks and God bless you.

Regards,

Yours in Service,
Mr.Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York

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