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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: "JEROME H. POWELL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <j_powell00001@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 04:54:40 -0800
Subject: GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY
Attention: Beneficiary!
I am (Jerome Hayden Jay Powell) (born February 4, 1953) I was appointed as the 16th Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB). This morning I was searching for old files abandoned by Ben Shalom Bernanke, former Chair of this Bank and I found your contract payment file as an incomplete transaction.
The total amount on your (CONTRACT FILE) is US$10.5Million including the last year bonus of Federal Reserve Bank to all their customers.
However, we have received a notice of Change of Account from your representative Mr. Julius Fletcher yesterday. In respect to the account received from him, we wish to confirm with you before we proceed with the transfer to the new account provided by him.
Kindly confirm the below new bank account as valid and endorsed by you for the transfer of your contract fund.
Bank; Bank of America
Address; 690 Adams Street Quincy Ma 02169 USA
A/C Number: 4666 0133 5222
Routing Number: 011000138
A\C Name: Julius Fletcher
The transfer will take place once the authenticity of the new bank account information provided by Mr. Julius Fletcher is confirmed by you.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Jerome H. Powell
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)
http://www.federalreserve.gov/
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