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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 <davidmoyes4620@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mjohncarrollwilliams@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:13:41 -0700
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGE.

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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 (mjohncarrollwilliams@gmail.com)

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

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