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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: "Mr. William C. Dudley" <www.@cello.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Federal Reserve Bank <customercarefrbgroup185@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:38:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK CORPORATION

Federal Reserve Bank / Headquarter: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:

ATTENTION.

This is two times we have sent you this email notification regarding the final release order your approval payment files from three (3) different banks, Nat-west Bank of London, Bank of America and UBA BANK was compiled and submitted to my desk this morning for review. The total sum owed to you by the 3 banks mentioned above was sum up to the tune of US$25.000,000.00 MILLION USD.

The Federal Reserve Bank New York United States writes in regards to the transfer of your fund which your payment file was deposited in this bank for urgent transfer of your fund through our online banking system, Now the fund has been totally lodged in one particular Escrow account (non deductible) here in the Federal Reserve Bank on your name, while waiting for accreditation to your personal information bank account in any part of the world.

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have fulfilled all the necessary obligations that will enable the release of your payment to you, but yet your payment was not released to you due to one 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 Reserved 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 and all modalities regarding your fund release has been put in place here in the Federal 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 through phone online banking permitted.

Please Note that this Bank is not liable to fix any error caused by your incorrect filled form. Be rest assured that all your information submitted to the Bank Transfer Department is 100% secured and safe, therefore fill in correctly. Note, If you don't have some information like Social Security Number (SSN) and Passport Number, kindly fill in with "N/A" other information is highly needed, fill correctly.

NOTED:
1. If you prefer to receive your funds in form of a Visa Card, we could load and ship your Visa Card to your address via DHL Priority Mail Express which only takes few days to deliver which will permit you a daily withdrawal limit of US$5000.00

2. Bank to Bank Wire Transfer: Your fund will directly be deposited into your private bank account and it will reflect in your account within 3-working days after the transfer.

3. Draft Check: Your total funds will be written out in the form of a valid draft check and be dispatched to your address through DHL COMPANY Priority Mail Express.

Enjoy Our Online Banking System !! Thanks for banking with us!.

Congratulations
Yours in Service,
Mr. William C. Dudley
Chairman Federal Reserve Board New York

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