419 scam: federal reserve bank <federalreservebank.@athena.ocn.ne.jp> Federal Reserve Bank

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: federal reserve bank <federalreservebank.@athena.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr. Janet L. Yellen" <federalreservebank217@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 11:05:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank
Arizona Branch Office
AZ 85043, United States

Your payment files from these three different banks, Nat-west Bank of London, United Bank For Africa and Bank of America was compiled and submitted to my desk today for review. The total sum owed to you by these 3 banks mentioned above was summed up to the tune of US$15,500,000.00 [Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars]. Now the fund has been totally lodged in one particular Escrow account (NON-DEDUCTIBLE) here in the US Federal Reserve Bank, while waiting for accreditation to your bank account in any part of the world.

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have fulfilled all the necessary obligations that will enable the release of your payment to you, but yet your payment was not released to you due to one flimsy excuse or the other from the Bank officials in charge of your payment, because they had the intention of diverting your funds to their private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish interest.

You are however lucky that we the management of the US Federal Reserved Bank detected their evil plans and therefore call for the submission of your payment file to us so that we can personally handle the payment assignment to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.

Now, all modalities regarding your fund release/transfer have been put in place here in the Reserve Bank of United States of America, thus, your funds has been made ready for transfer in our sophisticated macro transfer system, what we need from you now is to provide to us the bank account of your choice where you want us to transfer your funds to, so that we can expedite action for the accreditation of your funds into your account immediately.

Note: If you also wish to receive your funds in form of a Visa Card, we could load your total funds into a VIP Visa Card and ship it to your address which will permit you a daily withdrawal limit of USD $20,000. We can also write a draft or check and send it to your home address.

Below are the information needed for now with regards to either transfer or delivery. Full Name: Home Address: Phone numbers: Bank Name: Bank Address: Account Name: Account Number: Routing Number: Swift Code: A copy of your identification:

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Janet L. Yellen
The Current Chairman
Federal Reserve Bank

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