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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. Micheal Cohen" <mscarmanllapointe1101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cohenmicheal11@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:25:57 +0100
Subject: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK
33 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK, NY 10045. USA.

Attn: Beneficiary

Official Notice: this is to Notify you that a Series of meetings have been
held with the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization. It is
obvious that you have not received your fund which is now in the Amount of
$10 Million USD as a compensation award to you, due to past corrupt
Government Officials who held your fund and some individuals who have taken
advantage of your fund all in an Attempt to swindle your fund which has led
to unnecessary delay in the receipt and so many losses from your end.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol Enhanced and Federal Bureau of
Investigation have successfully Passed a Mandate to they United Nations
Office and Federal Reserve Bank New York USA, to Boost the Exercise of
Clearing all Foreign Debt Owed to you and other individuals and
Organizations who have been found not to have received their Compensation
Awards.

The Federal Reserve Bank New York have issue you a Cash Check and an ATM
card with a Custom Pin Based which you will use to withdraw up to $10,000
USD (Ten Thousand Dollars) per day from any ATM Machine that has the Master
Card Logo on it and the card have to be Renewed in 3 years time which is
2024. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to
your local bank account. Even if you do not have a Bank Account, the ATM
card comes with a Handbook or Manual to Enlighten you about how to use it.

Take note that you will have to stop communication with every other person
if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever
have to spend is $850.00 USD only. nothing more! Nothing less! And we
Guarantee the receipt of your Fund to be successfully Delivered to you
within the next 48hrs after confirmation receipt fee of (FedEx) Fee.

Note: Everything has been taken care of, including Taxes, Custom paper and
Clearance Duty. File the information below and get back to us with the
payment of $850.00 Only.

Your full name:
Your House Address:_______________
Home/Cell/Phone Number:_______________


Be advised that this is the only delay we have now and you must do what you
can to comply with the fee so that we can get this done.

We are so sure of everything and we are giving you a 100% Money back
Guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next 48hrs after
you have made the payment for Shipping.

Thank you for choosing the Federal Reserve Board. We appreciate the
opportunity to serve you. Do not hesitate to ask question(s) where you
consider necessary for clarification,

Thanks and God Bless You

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Micheal Cohen
Head of Transaction & Transfer Federal Reserve.
Kindly mail me back on the mail for fast response below email:
cohenmicheal11gmail.com
Note importantly that, you might likely receive this message in your inbox,
spam or junk folder which happens as a result of your web host, while we
look forward to hearing from you soon

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