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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 Bank of New York <temoliver8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infodep@citromail.hu
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:15:02 -0700
Subject: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Dear Valued Customer,

I am John Carroll Williams, The President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY). I am contacting you today to
alert you of a notification which will be of great help to you, I am the
new director of Fund Approved Payment Department here in (FRBNY) and I saw
a file last week in your name with all your information from our central
computer stating that abandoned fund worth of $10,000,000,00 (Ten Million
United state Dollars) belongs to you.

We had been Mandated by the International Communities to release this
Payment to you and all the beneficiaries with pending transactions so as to
ease financial tensions caused by COVID-19 Pandemic.

Please, I want to know from you the reason why you abandoned such a big
fund here in our bank for a long time up till this moment without any claim
by you. I hereby officially notify you about the present arrangement to pay
you as I have been appointed and directed to be in-charge of your fund
payment here in my department, This arrangement was initiated/constituted
by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the
meeting.

I am now in charge of your fund payment in my department here in (FRBNY )
and like I stated above your name appeared in our Central Computer as a
beneficiary who has not received the pending payment. Be informed that your
fund of $10,Million Dollars has been approved by the (IMF) and the (FRBNY)
for payment and we have decided to convert your fund into an (ATM CARD)
which we will send to your address to enable you withdraw in any ATM
machine.

Please Contact us via this email (infodep@citromail.hu)

Sign By the Management
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
John Carroll Williams.

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