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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 <info@boa.com>
Reply-To: p_office57@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:37:17 +0300
Subject: CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY



--
Bank of America
5218 West 34Th St Houston,
Arlington, TX 77092,
United States

Attention Beneficiary,

This is the second time we are notifying you about this said fund. We
hereby send to you the information submitted by Mr. John T. Kehoe U.S.A
of
California, with an application to receive your Approved Payment of
$27,000.000.00.on your behalf from this bank.

Please as a matter of urgency, you are required to verify the following
information and inform us if you are aware or know anything about this?
Mr.
John T. Kehoe came to the office claiming that you have instructed him
to
come and receive the payment on your behalf with some representatives.

I have ask them to come back on Wednesday as they did not provide any
power
of an attorney from you which will proof that you thoroughly send them,
This was to enable me contact you to verify how genuine this people are
to
you.

Firstly. Did you instruct one Mr. John T. Kehoe of 122 Fitch Way,
Sacramento, Ca. 95864. Whose information's is below, to claim and
receive
the payment on your behalf? Secondly. Did you sign any 'Deed of
Assignment'
in his favor thereby making him the current beneficiary with the
following
account details?

Account Name: Mr. John T. Kehoe Group Ltd,
A/C #USD114-25567-8,
Bank Name: Bank of America
Swift Code: SCBL 11K111.

Finally, you are hereby advised to indicate to this honorable Bank with
immediate effect, if you are the person that instructed Mr. John T.
Kehoe
to come for the claim of your fund worth of $27,000.000.00. NOTE: your
full
name and telephone number is needed for communications.

We wait for your urgent respond to this bank so that you will be giving
an
immediate Response. Treat this Email p_office57@yahoo.com as urgent.

Best Regards.
Brian Thomas Moynihan
The chairman/CEO
Bank of America Texas USA.

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