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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: Federal Reserve Bank NY <reserve.bank@citycyber.com>
Reply-To: kriuckovr@gmail.com
Date: 07 Feb 2022 09:02:12 +0000
Subject: Your Immediate Attention!

From: John C. Williams
President /Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street, New York,
NY 10045-0001, USA
Date: 02/07/2022

Attn: Payment Owner suechana


REF: FEDWIRE TRANSFER PROCESSING/MT 103 SINGLE CUSTOMER CREDIT
TRANSFER OF $6,500,000.00 .

According to the ethics of an office, introduction is always very
important on a first contact like this. My name is John C.
Williams, President/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. This official Memorandum is to inform
you that we have been authorized by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury to effect the release of your approved funds valued at
$6,500,000.00. We have forwarded your personal and banking
information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for
confirmation and final approval of your due fund valued at $6,
500,000.00.

Our Payment Remittance Department will complete the final MT103
Wire Transfer of your approved fund valued $6,500,000.00 into
your bank account immediately after the release of your payment
approval documents by the U.S. Treasury Department on (Friday,
Feb 11th, 2022 ).

Please take note that you will be required to pay for a "Transfer
Credit Authorization Fee" of $168.05 before we can proceed with
the final transfer of your fund valued at $6,500,000.00 into your
bank account immediately after the final approval of your $6,500,
000.00 by the U.S. Treasury Department tomorrow (Tuesday,Feb
15th, 2022 ).kindly send us your bank details for final
processing of
your fund.

Thank you for your basic understanding. Please take note that we
operate under the GLOBAL BANKING STANDARDS and we carry out
foreign exchange-related activities on behalf of the Federal
Reserve System and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.kindly get
back to us with your receiving bank details as stated below:

Account Name:
Account Number
Routing Number:
Bank Name And Address
Your cell phone .

Please acknowledge your receipt of this message by email.

Thank you for your basic understanding.

Officially Signed and Sealed by,

John C. Williams
President /Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank New York

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