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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- nyc.boamerca@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: no-reply@realclearemail.com
Reply-To: nyc.boamerca@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 04:03:59 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Article from RealClearPolitics

Bank of America. (nyc.boamerca@yahoo.com) wanted to share the following link with you:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/12/18/scott_conroy.html

They added this message:
>From The Desk of: Dr Charles Holliday

Jr..

Bank of America.

Branch Offices New York

1680 Broadway, New York.

NY 10019, USA.

Vice Chairman on Investment Banking

Director, Credit Control Dept.

Attn: Beneficiary Breaking News From Bank of America

We are hereby officially notify you concerning your fund

telegraphic Transfer through our bank, Bank of America, New

York, to your bank account, which has been officially

approved by the management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) to

credit the sum of US$18.5 Million into your bank account.

Note that I have started processing your payment and every

thing concerning the immediate remittance of your funds will

be carried out within the shortest possible time from the

time we received your? Below needed information.

Also be informed that the Governor of Bank in London (BL)

will sign on your payment advice and a copy of the advice

will be sent to the World Bank in Swiss for some record

purposes. Meanwhile your information and your full contact

details were received from our research manager, Barr.Paul

Peterson on your behalf to FRB for immediate release of your

fund

This fund was part of the lodged Late President Saddam

Hussein of Iraq discovery fund with World Bank of

Switzerland, which the Swiss Bank has decided to distribute

it generously to help few lucky individuals and the American

Government is in agreement with the Swiss Bank to distribute

the fund to 700 hundred thousand people in America, Europe

& Asia in other to help improve their businesses.

Therefore, reconfirm the aforesaid information accurately,

because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any

wrong transfer of funds or liable of any fund credited into

an unknown account.

These are the information we needed to be reconfirmed by

you.

1.Your Full Bank Account Details

2.Your Direct Cell or office phone to reach you

3.Your address of locations

4.Your full name

Finally, you are required to reconfirm directly to me the

above information to enable me use it to process your bill

of payment.

Your quick response shall be mostly appreciated; all your

response should be directed through our alternative email

address for the immediate attention of the credit control

department.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr Charles Holliday Jr..

Vice Chairman, Director, Credit /Telex Department.

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