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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 System <lberry@pf4feed.com>
Reply-To: <fedlreservesystem@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:24:57 -0700
Subject: Greetings pF-HS-M-1

Dear Valid Beneficiary,
 
 
How are you and your family doing today? I hope this email reaches you in a good frame of mind and a good healthcondition. I am pleased to be in contact with you after waiting for long and I am glad that the email from Mr. Robert Porter and Mr. Wilhelm Berg are false, I thought as much and now I will not hesitate to report to the authorities and the FBI to bring them tobook.
 
 
Firstly, I want you to know that we are having a hard time getting direct contact with the real beneficiary because of thelarge scale of impersonators and corrupt officials. I am sure you might have come across them.
 
 
The Federal Reserve Bank is responsible to directly complete your transaction without any interference of any fundsrelated office here in the state thus you are assured of final remittance of funds into your designated bank account.
 
 
Before I disclose more about this transaction, I will want to be sure I am dealing with the right beneficiary thus beforedetails are required for confirmation of identity and for the records please discontinue any form of communication ortransaction you are having with anyone because they are not with your funds.
 
 
Required details:
 
 
Full Name:
Full Home Address:
Occupation:
Working Telephone Number:
Next of Kin:
 
After the reconfirmation of below details, I will guide you on how you will receive your funds which is $5.5million.
 
 
My Number is +1 254 320 2284
 
 
Thanks.
Yours in Service
 
 
 
Federal Reserve System2200 N Pearl St, Dallas, TX 75201, USA
 

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