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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 <mrssarahalade3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankofamerica.ww1@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 13:26:50 +0100
Subject: Attention Fund payment 009.

RE: FUND TRANSFER STILL AVAILABLE /BofA CORP.



Attention: Registered Beneficiary.



This is to inform you that the payment to your name with the bank of
America has been on a dormant status since the date of your last
correspondence with the bank.

We wish to notify you that we have received a new official mandate
from the United States Federal Finance System Restructuring Federal
Bank Regulation to declare all abandoned and unfinished transactions
discovered during the 2016 end of the year annual auditing within the
United States financial services industries as an unclaimed payment
and have the fund transferred to the United States Treasury account
for the overhaul Reformation of the United States Financial Regulatory
System.

Note that this mandate will be effective in all financial services
industries within the United States immediately after the year 2017
annual auditing come December 2017.

I have been mandated to inform you that the bank of America has mapped
out a last chance opportunity for our customers who have an unfinished
transaction/payment with us to pay up their charges and received their
payments before the forth coming implementation of the new mandate by
the United States Federal Finance System by given them loan.

Be advice that the stated loan will given to you just for the payment
of the bank charges with us to enable you receive your fund.
Terms & Conditions of the Loan.

This is to warn that the loan will only be made available to the
customer involved through his/her bank account. Each customer involved
should provide his/her bank information as stated below and ensure
that the money is returned to us once the loan is given to enable us
pay up the charges you owed to the bank and have your fund remitted to
your account.

1).Bank Name:-
2).Bank Address:-
3).Account Number:-
4).Account Name: -
5).Routing Number: -
6).Swift Code: -


7)Your Cell phone No.

8 )Your Available fund
$12.5million.
9) Your Home address.
10) your ID Card.
Wee will get back to you with more information as soon as the above
stated requirements are received.

Account/Customers Service
Bank of America, N.A,Member FDIC.
2016 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.

BY: /s/ Christine Lagarde
Authorized Signature
United States Department
of Treasury. 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20220.

Sign By
Michelle Bobbitt.

Best Regards,

Signed by.

Ms.Susan White.


BANK OF AMERICA
Financial Controller.C.B.A Headquarter
http://www.bankofamerica.com/

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