The "Federal Reserve" Advance Fee Scams Being Sent by Online Scammers
The fake "Federal Reserve" email below is a scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
A "Federal Reserve" Advance-Fee Scam
From: Robert Steven Kaplan - care50536@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 4:43 PM
Subject: Federal Reserve System2200 N Pearl St, Dallas, TX 75201, USA
To:
Hello
This is notification message is from the Federal Reserve Dallas District, Your name is enlisted among the beneficiary whose fund is approved for payment, by the Board the Governors Federal Reserve Bank , and the United Nation you can view this page for your perusal:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm
We have been waiting for you to contact us for you to claim your approved funds of $5.5Million dollar, but to our surprise one Mrs.
Brenda Miller came forward for the fund, that, you asked her to claim the fund on your behalf with documentary evidence which we are not sure of it source. This was why we decided to contact you to confirm to us if you really sent Mrs. Brenda Miller. She said, you instruct her that the funds/ATM card should be delivered to the below detail. I will advise that you change your email password, because your email is been used to write to us, but because of the name and address, we have to confirm before proceeding with the delivery.
Delivery details she sent to us:
Receivers name: Brenda Miller
Receivers Address: 555 Reservoir Lane Brooksville Kentucky 41004
Account details for transfer:
Bank Name: Heritage Oaks
Bank Address: 545 Twelfth St, Paso Robles, California 93448
Phone Number: 1(805)239-5208
Account number: 001453521
Routing: 122239982
Swift Code: HEOAUS61
Beneficiary name: Brenda Miller
Most importantly, confirm to us urgently if you gave permission to Mrs. Brenda Miller to claim the fund on your behalf and if you did not authorize anybody, then, you will have to stop communicating with the impersonators and the organizations, because they are trying to divert your fund to themselves. She tries, so hard to change the fund ownership to her name.
Await your prompt response.
Yours in Service
Robert Steven Kaplan
Phone: +1(720) 522-1443
Federal Reserve System2200 N Pearl St, Dallas, TX 75201, USA
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