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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 BANK OF NEW YORK" <admin@bqchina.com.cn>
Reply-To: jerrywilliams647@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 05:46:26 -0300
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK.


Headquarters: New York, NY, United States of America Founded: 1914, New Yor=
k City, New York, United States ADDRESS: 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-=
0001 From the desk of Mr. jerry williams, This is to inform you that after =
series of meetings held, we hereby apologies for the delay of your payment =
and all the inconveniences we might put you through as we had some issues w=
ith our payment system. From the records payment of our outstanding contrac=
tors, whose records has been due with Federal Government of the United Stat=
es, your name was discovered as next on the list out of the 11 outstanding =
contractors to be paid as deemed fit. Meanwhile, a woman came in few days a=
go with a letter claiming to be your true representative, as she is willing=
to pay the $695 for the wire/transfer charges to have the fund remitted to=
her nominated bank account. Here is her information=92s below. Name: Mrs. =
Jennings Teresa Carol Bank name: Citibank , Arizona , USA . Account Number:=
6503809008 Routing number: 322271627 Swift code#:WMSBUS66 Address: 1723 Pa=
lmdale Bulv Palmdale CA..93550 In view of this, we hereby urge you to recon=
firm the bank details immediately and also genuinely of the woman because f=
ederal government will not be held responsible for paying into wrong accoun=
t. Also, if the woman is not your representative, please fill and send this=
information=92s for verification purpose in other to receive your funds va=
lued at ($11,700, 000.00) in to your nominated bank account or if you wish =
to receive your fund via ATM Master Card. Kindly reconfirm to the bank the =
following information: 1. Bank holder name: 2. Bank account number: 3. Rout=
e number: 4. Swift code: 5. Bank name: 6. Company name: 7. Position: 8. Add=
ress: 9. Working Id/ int=92l Passport 10. Age: 11. Your telephone number 12=
. Bank address & account holder address: Lastly, immediately we receive you=
r correct information, your funds will be transferred into your bank accoun=
t directly from Federal Reserve Bank New York USA. Please note that, we wil=
l proceed the payments to the Mrs. Jennings Teresa Carol if we do confirm f=
rom you within the next (3) three working days from today. We await your sw=
ift response. You alerted reply urgent Sincerely. Mr. jerry williams Direct=
or Federal Reserve Bank 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001h=20

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