Original Phishing Message
Tips for Detection
- Technology Services adds a banner at the top of email messages that match patterns of previous phishing attacks. If you see this banner, please use extra caution.
- The email claims to be from the Federal Reserve. If that were the case, the sender’s email address would originate from a .gov address instead of info[@]yahoo[.]com.
- The reply-to address is jeromehp00001[@]gmail[.]com which does not match the sending email address nor an email address that any government agency would use.
- Transferring $5 million out of the blue is certainly too good to be true! Many phishing emails purport to offer you funds, but are instead ruses to gain financial information from you.
- Never send financial information such as account number or routing number over email.
Text of Phishing Message
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
Dear Beneficiary,
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United Nations (UN) to pay 150 Victims of SCAM US$5,000,000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars Only) each.
You are listed and has been approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.
However, we have received a notice of Change of Account from your representative Mr. Julius Fletcher yesterday. In respect to the account received from him, we wish to confirm with you before we proceed with the transfer of your compensation fund to the new account he provided.
Kindly confirm the below new bank account as valid and endorsed by you for the transfer of your fund.
Bank; Bank of America
Bank add; 690 Adams Street Quincy Ma 02169 USA A/C Number: 4666 0133 5222 Routing Number: 011000138 A\C Name: Julius Fletcher
The transfer will take place immediately you confirm the authenticity of the NEW bank account information provided by Mr. Julius Fletcher.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Jerome H. Powell
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)
http://www[.]federalreserve[.]gov/