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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: Mrs Janet Louise Yellen <"federalreservebank."@samba.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Janet Louise Yellen <frb_federalreservebank@accountant.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 09:34:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Respected Customer;

Reserve Bank
Constitution Ave NW & 20th
Street Northwest,
Washington, DC 20551, USA

Dear Respected Customer;



Now the fund has been totally lodged in one particular Escrow account (nondeductible) here in the Federal Reserve Bank on Your name, while waiting for accreditation to your personal bank account in any part of the world.

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have to fulfil all the necessary obligations that will Enable the release of your payment to you, once you fulfil all the necessary obligations your payment will be released to you.

So there will not be any flimsy excuses or the other from the Bank officials in charge of your payment, because they had the Intention of diverting your funds to their private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish interest.

You are however lucky that we the management of the US Federal Reserve Bank detected their evil plans and therefore call for The submission of your payment file to us so we can personally handle the payment assignment to ensure that you receive your Funds accordingly.

Now, all modalities regarding your fund release has been put in place here in the Reserve Bank of America, thus, your funds Has been made ready for transfer in our sophisticated macro transfer system, what we need from you now is to provide to us The bank account of your choice which you want us to transfer your funds so we can expedite action for the accreditation of Your funds into your account immediately.

Below are the information needed for now for your transfer.

First Name:
Last Name:
Residential Address:
Passport/Id copy:
City:
State:
Country:
Phone Number:
2. Banking Details:

Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Account Name
Account Number:
Routing Number:
Swift Code:

Note: If you prefer to receive your funds in form of a Visa Card, we could load and ship your Visa Card to your address which
Will permit you a daily withdrawal limit of US$5,000 or write a draft check which can be deposited in any bank and send to You and online banking transfer.
In anticipating for your urgent cooperation

Yours sincerely,
Phone No +1(202) 858-8656
Janet Louise Yellen
Incumbent Chairperson

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