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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <danielk.tarullo0001@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 16:28:58 +0100
Subject: 2014 COMPENSATION APPROVAL.

Dear Sir/Ma,

On the month of October, 2013, this department of Federal Reserve Bank New York wish to announce the release of your pending compensation payment. Your organization will receive the sum US$3.9million. This payment was approved on the 27th of February 2014. The United Nations Compensation Commission made available approximately $1.3 billion to Governments towards the Commission's two remaining claims with outstanding balances.

With this payment, the Compensation Commission has paid out $40.1 billion of its total awarded amount of $52.4 billion to over 100 Governments and international organizations for distribution to 1.5 million successful claimants in all claim categories, leaving approximately $12.3 billion remaining to be paid.

For claim support, Kindly reply to this message with the below requested details.

Full Name:
Current Address:
Occupation:
Your Direct Phone Number: for easy communication
Any form of Identification, such as your ID card Number or License number.

This is your last chance to process this payment. So be informed. Please be fast on this matter.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Daniel K. Tarullo
Fund Credit Officer Federal Reserve Bank New York.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

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