419 scam: "Ben S. Bernanke" <hrw.lehmann@t-online.de> Federal Reserve Board 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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- federal-reservebank@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ben S. Bernanke" <hrw.lehmann@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "federal-reservebank@accountant.com" <federal-reservebank@accountant.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 23:45:01 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Federal Reserve Board New York

Federal Reserve Board New York

NEW YORK

NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM Federal Reserve Board New York

Attention:Sir/Madam,

We have this 24 of October, 2016 received a payment credit instruction
from the Federal Government of Nigeria to credit your account with your
full Inheritance fund of US$17.5Million from the BOA reserve account with
our, Federal Reserve Bank New York

However, you shall required to provide the followings dates 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.:
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.

please Contact emall: federal-reservebank@accountant.com

Thanks for banking with Federal Reserve Bank New York while we looking
forward to serving you with the best of our service.

The bank Wait For Your Expedite Response.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours in Service,

Mr.Ben S. Bernanke

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