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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: "George D. Jones" <sales@g-link.com.hk>
Reply-To: <fedreservebank@mail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:45:25 -0800
Subject: Your Transfer Notification

Federal Reserve Bank Of New York
33 Liberty St, New York, NY 10045,
Email: fedreservebank@mail.com

Dear Esteemed Customer,

This is to notify you that we have written to you before without receiving your response i believe that my previous mail did not get to you so i write you again to notified you that Mr. President JOE BIDEN of United States of America Approved the sum of $16.5Million United States Dollars each to all the short listed scam victims whose name was recovered during the recent (UNITED NATIONS) investigation process going on at western union and Money gram money transfer here in the USA.

The world governing body of the United Nations has been mandated to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance/contract fund, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are trying to divert your money into their private account stating that you are dead and you have authorized to transfer your fund into another Bank account: to forestall this, security measure was taken on your fund, It was coded in the form of Identification Pin number (IPN), this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we will handle this payment through the only legal bank which is federal reserve bank USA
Furthermore you are advise to reconfirm your details to us immediately to enable us open an online account for you so that you can have access to your fund online anytime anywhere , so fill in the details below as requested
1) Full Name:
2) Full Address;
3) Your contact telephone and fax number;
4) Your Age and Profession;
5) Copy of any valid form of your Identification
Thank you for your understanding and co-operation, while we look forward to serve you better. Your respond is urgently needed for further action on your online transfer.

Yours in Service,

CHAIRMAN
George D. Jones

And am looking forward to receiving your immediate response to our email; fedreservebank@mail.com
Federal Reserve Bank Of California
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