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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 POWELL" <johnmrmark24@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info_paymentdepart76@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:30:56 -0700
Subject: Attn: Fund Beneficiary==REF: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$10.500,000.00

Federal Reserve System
The Central Banking System Of The United States
20th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20551
Our Ref: IMF/FRB-WDC/9USXX10751/022


Attn: Fund Beneficiary.

REF: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$10.500,000.00

During the joint meeting held by the European Union Reps (E.U.) with
United Nations Reps (U.N.) Ad-Hoc Executive Committee on Lottery
Winnings, Contract and Inheritance fund Payment,This includes every
foreign contractor that may have not received his or her contract sum
and people that had an unfinished transaction, people who have
inheritance to claim or international businesses that failed due to
inability of the Government in some part of the World. We received
payment instructions from International Monetary Fund IMF and the E.U,
to deliver your fund as ATM Master Card to you, which the contents of
the Master Card is fund value sum of $10,500,000.00.

Now the fund has been totally submitted to our ATM Master card package
for your delivery. 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 the management of the International
Monetary Fund IMF detected their evil plans and therefore call for the
submission of your payment file to us, so we can personally handle the
payment delivery assignment to ensure that we deliver your ATM Card
funds accordingly.

Now, all modalities regarding your fund delivery has been put in place
here in our Bank, your funds has been made ready for payment via ATM
Master Card in our sophisticated macro delivery system.

Based on our instruction; a part payment of US$5,500,000.00 has been
Activated in an ATM MASTER CARD in your favor through Federal Reserve
Bank DC). After you receive this first ATM MASTER CARD, another
US$5,000,000.00 will be activate and send to you as well. We have
taken this measure in order to avoid any unnecessary lapses or delay
during the process of delivering the ATM MASTER CARD to your address.


It is my pleasure to inform you that ATM Master Card Number: 5359 2029
1225 3729 have been approved in your favor, The ATM Card Value is
$10,500,000 USD (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand, USD Only) and are
duly Inter Switch so you can make withdrawal at any ATM locate Center
of your choice around the world.

Now your new Payment, US Government Approval No; UN5685P, White House
Approved No:WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632
Password No: 339331,Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit
Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Federal Reserve
Bank Telex Confirmation No: -1114433;Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having
received these vital payment number, therefore you are qualified now
to received and confirm your ATM Card with our Delivery Department
within the next 48hrs.

You are require to provide your mailing address were you will like us
to bring your ATM Card to, fill the gap with your information for your
delivery

(1). Your full Name:......................
(2). Delivery Address:.....................
(3). Your direct Tel, Cell:................
(4). A Copy of your Valid ID:..................
(5). Nearest Airport:.................
(6). Your current occupation:.................


We will strictly monitor the process of your ATM MASTER CARD delivery
to avoid the hopeless situation created by the corrupt officials from
been repeated again.

In anticipating for your urgent cooperation

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Jerome H. Powell
Chairman Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System

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