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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 H Powell" <samuelonyibor1994@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officialfederalreservesystem@aol.com
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 14:45:01 -0700
Subject: Notification Of Your Compensation Fund.

US Federal Reserve Bank Corporate Office
Constitution Ave NW & 20th St Northwest,
Washington, DC 20551, United States Of America
Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT
Phone: +1 (202) 697-6959. Call & Text Message.

Notification Of Your Compensation Fund.

Your payment files from two (2) different banks, Central Bank of
Nigeria and Bank of America was compiled and submitted to my desk this
morning for review. The total sum owed to you by the two banks
mentioned above was sum up to the tune of $15,000,000.00 USD (Fifteen
Million United States Dollars).

Now the fund has been totally lodged in one particular Escrow account
(non deductible) here in the Federal Reserve Bank Washington DC on
your name, while waiting for accreditation to your personal 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 Reserve
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.

Now, all modalities regarding your fund release has been put in place
here in the Reserve Bank System, 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.

Below are the information needed for now for your transfer.

1. Personal Details:
Full Name:
Current Address:
Age/Gender:
Occupation:
Direct Mobile Number:
Passport Copy, ID card or DL:

2. Banking Details:
Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Account Name
Account Number:
Routing Number:
Swift Code:

Note: If you prefer to receive your funds in form of a Visa Card, we
could load and ship your Visa Card to your address which will permit
you a daily withdrawal limit of US$3000.
As this matter is urgent, We I look forward to hearing from you as
soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,
MR. JEROME H POWELL
The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Co-chief Operating Officer, Reserve Bank®
Corporate Office, WD, Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank, N.A. Member FDIC.
©2021 Federal Reserve Bank Corporation.

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