419 scam: "U N"<un@un.org> FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD USA

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- federalreservannualbor13@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "U N" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <federalreservannualbor13@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:58:28 +0200
Subject: FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD USA

>From the Management of:
Bank of America (B.O.A)
33 Liberty Street, New York, NY
10045, USA

Dear Lucky Winner,We are delighted to inform you of your prize release for the Year 2013 from the united Bank of America annual bordject which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your name was attached to contract numbercode;0055.And serial number code 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows: 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the contract in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$20,000,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from united state of America (U.S.A)as part of our national promotions program which is conducted annually.

This contract was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base in the globe.

Further more, your details (e-mail address) fall within our contract code representative office here in the state Bank, as indicated in your played email drawn regional branch here in the state.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

FILL OUT OUR ONLINE VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES:....
2.ADDRESS:........
3.City:...........
4.State:...........
5.Email Address:.....
6.Postcode:..........
7.Country:............
8.SEX:.................
9.AGE:..................
9.OCCUPATION:............
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.....

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the month runs out,otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your contract winnings!!!
Thanks and God bless you.

Regards,

Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York,
Bank Of America (B.O.A)
Email: federalreservannualbor13@gmail.com

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