419 scam: "Bank of America , NY. USA" <mercy.muiruri@trident.co.ke> ***Spam*** 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 , NY. USA" <mercy.muiruri@trident.co.ke>
Reply-To: "Bank of America , NY. USA" <boa.info@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:38:11 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: ***Spam*** Telegraphic Transfer Notice.

Bank of America New York
1620 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY 10472
Webpage: www.bankofamerica.com.

Telegraphic Transfer Notice.

We 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$4.5 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 record purposes.

Meanwhile your information and your full contact details were received from International Chamber of Commerce on your behalf to FRB for immediate release of your fund.

This fund was deposited by world bank, which Bank of America New York 1620 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY 10472 his given the power 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 lucky beneficiary in America, Europe, Asia and Africa in other to help improve their life and businesses as United Nations proposed to end poverty in 2022.

Forward the below information to enable us process the transfer of your fund, because our bank cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liable of any fund credited to an unknown person. These are the information we need urgently at the moment.

1. Your full name:
2. Your direct cell or office phone to reach you:
3. Your address:

Finally, you are required to reconfirm directly to me the above information to enable me use it to process your bill of payment.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Luis Hernandez Jr.
Bank of America , NY. USA
Director Department of Telex and Credit Control

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