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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 Corporate Office <"USA."@trust.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Bank of America Corporate Office <bankofamericacorporateoffice@usa.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 21:28:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION::Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarter

Bank of America Corporate Office
Headquarter address: 100 North Tryon Street Charlotte,North Carolina United State of America? Banking, Credit Cards, Mortgages and Auto Loans Call or Text,But i prefer Text sms because I'm always busy in the Bank of America Corporate Office +1(562)270-0638)

ATTENTION,

How are you doing today?My name is Mr, Brian.T. Moynihan from Bank of America the Benin Republic government transfer your fund into bank of America which is sum of 2.5million Please I want you to get back to us let us know how you want to receive your fund (1)ATM card (2)bank to bank transfer Choose one of the options Thank you for your understanding

Kindly Send the Above information
First name:
Last name:
State of Origin:
Nationality:
Phone:
Marital status:
Gender:
Date of birth:
Residential address:
City:
Zip code:
Office address:
Email:
Get back to me in this email:(bankofamericacorporateoffice@usa.com)Please, reconfirm your direct cell phone number to enable voice communication Looking forward for your next letter Thank you for your patient.
Regards
Mr,Brian T.Moynihan
PLEASE SEND YOUR NAME AS IT IS CLEARLY WRITTEN IN YOUR PASSPORT AND ID CARDS SO THAT WE WILL NOT MAKE MISTAKE

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