419 scam: "President Federal Reserve Bank." <"WWW."@sirius.ocn.ne.jp> Headquarters: New York, NY, United States of America

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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)
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "President Federal Reserve Bank." <"WWW."@sirius.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "President Federal Reserve Bank." <jamesedward1980@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:38:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Headquarters: New York, NY, United States of America

Headquarters: New York, NY, United States of America
Founded: 1914, New York City, New York, United States
ADDRESS: 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001

From the desk of Mr William C.Dudley.

We have this day received a payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Benin Republic to credit your account with your full COMPENSATION fund of US$4.7Million from the Benin reserve account with our UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE.

Meanwhile a man came to this bank with a letter claiming to be your true representative and is willing to pay $155 for the Fund Transfer Fee to have the fund delivered to HIM. Here is he's information$B!G(Bs below and he's ID CARDS.

Name: MR CHARLES SALI
Bank name: PT.BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA
Account Number: 3203869048
Routing number: 802273657
Address: PAJAJARAN HIGHWAY NUMBER 96 A - B, JABODETABEK PROVINCE , REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

Please do reconfirm to this bank as a matter of urgency if this man is from you or not so that the federal government will not beheld responsible for paying into wrong account, if this man is not your representative, you are requested to fill and send this information$B!G(Bs for verification purpose so that your fund valued ($4.700, 000.00 usd) will be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds credited into a ghost account.

1. Bank Name:
2. Bank account number:
3. Route number:
4. Swift code:
5. Bank name:
6. Company name:
7. Position:
8. Address:
9. Working Id/ int$B!G(Bl Passport
10. Age:
11. Your telephone/Mobile number(Very Important)

Secondly,the only money you pay for the transfer to take place is just $155 being the Fund Transfer Acceptance Fee from the government of Benin,and you are giving a limited time to send the payment and please be advise that you are to send the payment to our Cashier here in United States, Please be informed that you are not going to pay any other payment to any body and do not be deceived by any body to send any other payment.

I anticipate your urgent reply.

Sincerely.
Mr. William C. Dudley
(+1-917-765-0207)
President Federal Reserve Bank.

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