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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" <kelechipeter984@gmail.com>
Reply-To: powellmrjeromeh6@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 20:42:49 -0700
Subject: Greetings

This is to inform you officially that after the investigations done by
the UN through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other Security Agencies for the year
2021, it has been discovered that you have not received your
compensation fund which the United Nations has approved the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York ‘to oversee the transfer to your Bank Account
either through Bank to Bank transfer.

We have made it our first point of call to settle all Outstanding
Payments accrued to Individuals or Corporations with respect to local
and overseas contract payment, Debt Rescheduling and Outstanding
Compensation payment as instructed by the United Nations. This is to
make sure all outstanding payments are settled in this fiscal year
2021. On Behalf of the entire staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York and the United Nations in collaboration with World Bank, we
apologize for the delay of your contract payment, winning or
inheritance funds from most of African Countries and all the
inconveniences you may have encountered while pursuing this payment.
However, from the records of outstanding beneficiaries due for payment
with this bank, your name was discovered as next on the list of the
outstanding beneficiaries who have not yet received their payments.
Note that from the record in our file, your payment is valued at the
total sum of US$10.5 Million (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars)

Please indicate if you have received your compensation funds sum of
(U.S.D $10.5M Dollars). We have tried all our possible means to
contact you since your Name and email were stated on the manifest list
submitted by the world Bank external auditors but it failed and we
want to know if you are still Alive, so that we can finalized this
transaction once and for all

We have your file here in the bank and it shows that you are yet to
receive your fund valued at US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars). These funds will now be conveyed to you through
your preferred payment option. We have perfected all modules on how to
get your funds across to you without further delay immediately once
you admit to fully comply with every given instruction that shall
emanate from this banking institution till the moment this transaction
is completed. Kindly reply to this email by reconfirming the below
details so as to ensure no discrepancies in your payment file and as
also to avoid wrong transfer/delivery of funds.

Your Full Name:
Home Address:
Telephone Number:
ID card, DL or Passport Copy:
Gender/Age:
Occupation:

We need all the cooperation we can get from you to ensure we get this
transaction accomplished. Your quick response to this email notice
with adherence to the above instructions is highly anticipated.

For more information about your fund, kindly contact the director of
Federal Reserve Bank.

Name : Mr.Jerome H. Powell
Email: powellmrjeromeh6@gmail.com

Regards,
The Management,
Mrs. Patricia George
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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