419 scam: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK34811 <"www."@vega.ocn.ne.jp> Director 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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK34811 <"www."@vega.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK34811 <frboknk34811@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 07:33:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Director Federal Reserve Bank

From the Desk Of Mr. William C. Dudley
Federal Reserve Bank
Today at 2:39 AM
Headquarter: New York, NY, United States of America
Founded : 1914, New York City, New York, United States
ADDRESS : 33 Liberty Sta New York , NY 10045-0001

Did you authorize Mrs. Annette Stillman of Kemuning Ray Street NO.8,Tomang.
Jakarta,Indonesia to pay the pending wire transfer charges and claim
your WORLD BANK/IMF assisted scam victim compensation funds of $9.5millon
USD?

She is here with us now,with the sum of $155 usd for the pending wire
transfer
charges, you are alerted to reply urgent so that if she is not form you we
will have her by FBI but do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of
urgency if this woman is from you or not so that the federal government will
not beheld responsible for paying into wrong account thank you..
You are to come back too us with your.
NUMBER:::
EMAIL:::

YOU ARE ALERTED TO REPLY SO URGENT NOW ! NOW !

VIA OUR MOBILE NUMBER:
+12017429739

Sincerely.
Mr. William C. Dudley
Director Federal Reserve Bank
33 Liberty St New York,NY 10045-0001

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