419 scam: "BANK OF AMERICA"<Lisa@rbwine.com> TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "BANK OF AMERICA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ban_k_ofamerica@yahoo.cn>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:28:39 -0000
Subject: TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE.

TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE.

This is to inform you that the of management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) and the U.S Government has approved to credit the sum of US$18.5 Million into your bank account as one of the lucky beneficiary, This fund was part of the lodged Late President Saddam Hussein of Iraq discovery fund with World Bank of Switzerland, This are the details needed from you, such as your full name,resident address,phone Number,Name of your Bank,account number,Routing Number.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Fares D. Noujaim.
Vice Chairman, Director, Credit /Telex Department.

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