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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 NEWYORK <federal_reservebank@info.org>
Reply-To: federal_reservebanknewyork@mail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:57:18 +0100
Subject: Dear Beneficiary



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Federal Reserve Bank of 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 100450001

text or call us on +1(332)333-8969

contact email: federal_reservebanknewyork@mail.com


Attention.

Your payment file worth $15.5 Million dollars was brought to the desk of
Federal Reserve Bank this morning and we have contacted our
corresponding Bank in USA for transfer completion.So contact Federal
Reserve Bank for further details regarding this payment.Now, all
modalities regarding your fund release/transfer have been put in place
here in the Reserve Bank

of United States 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 where you
want us to transfer your funds to, so that we can expedite action for
the accreditation of your funds into your account immediately.

Below are the information needed for now the transfer

1.Banking Details

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

Also you have to provide your personal details such as listed below for
the transfer documentations process between yo­ur Bank HQ and Federal
Reserve Bank.

2. Personal Details

Full Name:
Current Address:
Country:
Nationality:
Direct Mobile Number:
E-mail Address:
Private email I'd:
occupation;
age;

A copy of your identification:

sincerely.

Mr. William C. Dudley
Director Federal Reserve Bank

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