419 scam: "FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK"<foreign@scu.edu.tw> Re: Atten:Beneficiary!!Cancellation and Reallocation of $22.5m fore

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <alvaradolgas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:58:00 +0100
Subject: Re: Atten:Beneficiary!!Cancellation and Reallocation of $22.5m fore

Head Office
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
Tel:+(646) 598-7158

Atten: Beneficiary,

The Federal Reserve Bank have contacted you many times in regards to the ongoing transaction of $22.5m allocated to you from the United Nations,and you were told to get the transfer at a stipulated fee to be paid by you as beneficiary,but till date no payment for the documents has been received from you yet.
This is to notify you that in according to section 45 sub section 85 we are permitted to cancel the transaction and reallocate the said $22.5m to another citizen if you did not get the documents on time.
With the latest development,we advise you act fast and get the fee for the documents sent immediately,else the transaction will be cancelled and reallocated to your representatives.
Attached are the scanned copies of your representatives.
Awaiting your urgent response with your direct contact information.

Janet L. Yellen
Chairman Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve Bank
Tel:+(646) 598-7158

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