419 scam: "William C. Dudley" <"federalreserve."@dune.ocn.ne.jp> WELCOME TO FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ONLINE DEPARTMENT

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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: "William C. Dudley" <"federalreserve."@dune.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "William C. Dudley" <reservebankdepartment012@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:58:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: WELCOME TO FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ONLINE DEPARTMENT

From: Federal Reserve Bank New York
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

Greetings...

I'm here to notify you that your Overdue payment of US$15,500.000.00 has been Re-deposited to Federal Reserve Bank New York United States, to Online Transfer Department for immediate opening of online account on your behalf as legal beneficiary and also give you the account user and password to view your account statement and click money transfer to start the transfer process immediately. Now you have to register for your online account creation via our bank website as given:

Here is the bank website: http://federalreservebk.ml/
Use it for the registration and get back to me as soon as you are done with the registration.

Note: According To Our Agreement With The Assigned Legal Solicitor From The IMF And UN, All Our Communications Should Be On E-Mail, Or Sms +1(646) 948-2679 For Record Purpose.

Thanks.
Contact Person: Director William C. Dudley,
ADDRESS: 33 Liberty St New York , NY 10045-0001.

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