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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 Alex M Williams <madairturner@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infofrbs43@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:03:57 +0100
Subject: Congratulations

This is to bring the Good News to you that your Fund Worth
$10.5Million has moved to the Federal Reserve Bank After a serial
meeting with the Federal Reserve Bank Board of Directors.With this new
developments and the arrangement with the Federal Reserve Bank, Also
to protect you from scammers and from Fraudulent, The Federal Reserve
Bank have you given this options to complete your Transaction by
yourself.

Federal Reserve Bank Telephone Banking: Telephone is an automated
telephone system that allows you to transact on your account by
choosing corresponding codes And Complete your Transaction over Phone.

Remind you that you are expecting to contact the Federal Reserve Bank
with details and they will redirect you through their Officials domain
for security reasons.

Bank Name: Federal Reserve Bank
Bank Email : infofrbs43@gmail.com
Name : David H. Bowman

Congratulations in advance and look forward to hearing from you.

Regards.
Mr Alex M Williams.
The Chairman Of Scam Victims
Compensation Committee USA

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