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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: Bank of America NY <boabank012014@yandex.com>
Reply-To: bankofamericannyc@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 14:04:57 -0700
Subject: Your Inherittance Fund

Bank of America New York,
1680 Broadway, New York,
N.Y 10019, USA
Credit Control / Telex Dept.
Our Ref: BOA/NY-USA/TTD/998/14

Attn:

We are hereby officially notifying you concerning your fund Transfer
through our bank, Bank of America, New York, to your bank account or
to remit the fund to you by ATM card.The Transfer is officially
approved by the management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) in conjunction
with the United States Monetary Units(USMU) to credit the sum of
USD$4.700.000.00 Dollars to you through Boa Bank New York.Note that we
have started processing the release of your approved fund without any
delay.

This fund is approved to release to the lucky beneficiary's in USA,
Europe & Asia to help improve their businesses which you are one of
the lucky beneficiary approved to receive the sum of USD$4.700.000.00
Dollar from this bank.Therefore,Re-confirm the the below information
accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held responsible
for any wrong informations in regards to your fund transfer.

These are the information we need from you to Re-confirmed to us.

1.Your Full Name:
2.Your Current Resident address:
3.Your Direct Phone Number or Landline.


We the management of this great Bank,Bank of America have the
obligation to serve you with the best of our professionalism,you have
to work in accordance with our procedure as we will like to remain
your reference Bank here in united states,so be rest assured with us,
as we will guide you accordingly until you receive your approved fund.

Your quick response will be appreciated.

Yours Faithfully,

Donald Brady
Director, Credit / Telex Dept.
Bank of America , NY. USA.

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