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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: From Federal Reserve Bank <marryjohnson54@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rosskael0@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 21:49:21 +0100
Subject: Chairman Federal Reserve Bank,

Federal Reserve Bank
Address: 1850 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA

We have been mandated by the new U.S Government to effect the release
of US$850.000 to each affected (SCAM) victim as a compensation to you
through ATM Visa Card and your email was included in the list.

And it was electronically credited into an ATM Visa Card for easy delivery.



Please Reconfirm the following to me
(a) Your full Names:
(b) Your physical mailing address:
(c) Your direct telephone numbers:
(d) Your occupation

Sorry if you may receive this message in your spam due to the poor
network failure.

Thanks for your cooperation, God bless you and America !!

Best Regards
Jerome H. Powell
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank,
https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/board/powell.htm

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