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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. Jerome Powell" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: fedreservebnk.wdc.hq@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:05:17 -0800
Subject: Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank
20th St. and Constitution Ave. N.W
Mail Stop K300
Washington, D.C. 20551
Mr. Jerome Powell
Attn,

I am the new Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank,i resumed office on the 5th of February and your payment file was transferred to my desk, after series of meeting with
Mr. William C. Dudley,Janet Yellen,members of board of directors of the Federal Reserve system,and United Nation i have been assigned with the duty of sending all your
funds from around the world worth the sum of $US35.900,000.00 to you.

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.

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.

Meanwhile, a woman named Mrs Gerete Fret a medical doctor from India is here in my office with claims that you died yesterday in a motor accident and secondly you
authorised her as your next of kin to pay off your long pending fee and claim your funds into her bank account in India.

Reply asap if this person is from you or not because i wont be held responsible for a wrong transfer.

You are to send your information as listed below for reconfirmation,this is very important.

First Name::::::::::::
Last Name:::::::::::::
Residential Address:::
Passport/Id copy::::::
City::::::::::::::::::
State:::::::::::::::::
Country:::::::::::::::
Phone Number::::::::::

YOU ARE ALERTED TO REPLY SO URGENT NOW ! NOW !
OR CALL,TEXT AND EMAIL ONLY THE FOLLOWING MOBILE NUMBER

Best Regards,
Mr. Jerome Powell
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank

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