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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Gerald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidkay360@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 20:37:28 -0800
Subject: Federal Reserve Bank.
Federal Reserve Bank.
We acknowledged the receipt of your confirmation email response and we
want to inform you officially that the World Bank and the
International Monetary fund have ordered the release of your overdue
fund which has been outstanding under our custody for two (2) years.
Your outstanding fund in our bank is a total sum of $200million USD
and all arrangements regarding the release of your fund has been made
prior before we made contact with you and you are required to choose
the payment method of your choice on how you wish to receive your fund
so that we can have your fund conveyed to you through any of your
preferred payment method as listed below ,
1. Bank to Bank Wire Transfer: Your fund will directly be deposited
into your private bank account and it will reflect into your account
within 2-working days after the transfer.
2. Bank Draft: Your total funds will be written out in the form of a
valid draft check and be dispatched to your address through USPS
Priority Mail Express
3. ATM Visa Card: Your fund could be loaded in an ATM Visa Card and
will be shipped down to your home address via USPS Priority Mail
Express which only takes few days to deliver.
As soon as you have choosen the payment method of your choice as
requested, we shall have your total fund conveyed to you immediately.
Also, try to confirmed this your following detail to avoid wrong
proceedings of your funds to you
1)Your Full Name
2) Your HOME Address
3) Your Nearest airport
4) Your phone contact
5) Your Next of kins number
Get back to us immediately with all this information requested above
so that we will anticipate your response upon receipt of this text
so that we can expedite actions for the immediate release of your
fund.
Regards
Mr David Powell
Federal Reserve Bank President
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