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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: "Leslie Ireland" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leslie@financefrs.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:02:48 -0700
Subject: Payment Release Update

Greetings,
 
Your payment files from three different banks, the Natwest Bank of London, The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), and the U.S. JP Morgan Chase Banks were compiled and submitted to my desk yesterday morning for review. The total owed to you by the 3 banks mentioned above was summed up to the tune of $37,100,000.00 (Thirty-seven Million, One Hundred Thousand United States dollars).
 
The total fund in question is now lodged in an Escrow account (non-deductible) with the Federal Reserve Bank, pending its clearance authorization with your accredited information.
 
Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have fulfilled all the necessary obligations that will enable the release of your payment to you, but yet your payment was not released to you due to one flimsy excuse or the other from the financial officials you had dealt with being in charge of your payment, obviously, they have had their selfish interests put forward.
 
You are in favor as the financial investigative unit of the US Federal Reserve Bank observed these actions and therefore called for the submission of your payment file to be handled accordingly to ensure a seamless payment process to you without any discrepancies.
 
All modalities regarding your fund release have been put in place, thus, your fund is available for transfer to you via our sophisticated macro transfer system, you are hence, required to provide the under-listed information to enable us to expedite your accreditation for your fund release into an account of your choice immediately.
 
For Payment Analysis/Directions.
Below, are the information needed for your transfer.
 
Beneficial Owner Information
Provide the following information:
 
Legal name; date of birth and residential address.
A unique identifying number from an acceptable identification document.
An image of the acceptable identification document. (picture of I.D.)
 
Note: If you prefer to receive your funds in the form of a Visa Card, we could load and ship your Visa Card to your address which will permit you a daily withdrawal limit of $3000, or write a draft check which can be deposited in any bank and sent to you.
 
In anticipating your urgent cooperation.
 
 
Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Leslie A. Ireland
Legal Luminary and Senior Advocate Program Director
Federal Reserve Bank
leslie@financefrs.com
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington D.C 20224 United States.

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