419 scam: "Ben S. Bernanke"<bensbernanke118@gmail.com> Reply Immediately Is Very Urgent

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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:
- "million us 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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ben S. Bernanke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bensbernanke1131@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:06:38 -0700
Subject: Reply Immediately Is Very Urgent

Federal Reserve Board

Address: 33 Liberty

Street New York, 10038

New York, United state of America.

Tel: +3475099821

Attention: Unpaid Beneficiary

Based on the meeting we had with United Nations and IMF officials on your payment, I writing to inform you that your files appeared on our desk to pay you a partial payment of $10.5million US Dollars of your fund for this second quarter of the year.

But we are having misunderstanding because one Ms. Carman L. Young called that she is the new next of kin to your Inheritance fund that you have instructed her to receive the fund on your favor that you are totally sick and you can not work or answer any calls.

We were so confuse that is why the authority instructed me to contact you for us to know if she is telling us the truth or not. She even forwarded this bank details to us.

Bank Name: Credit Union Na

Account Name: Carman L. Young

Account number: 908374912

Swift code: cwd1u

After she provided this account to us, she instructed us not to inform you and we should transfer the fund into his account directly because she is your next of kin and ready to pay US$370 needed for dispensation bill.

Kindly check this account and name if we can go ahead and to releasethe funds to her.

Don't keep us waiting for your own good. Call my office @ +3475099821

God bless you for your type consideration.

Remain Bless,

Yours In Service,

Ben S. Bernanke

Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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