419 scam: "BANK OF HAWAII"<pi@angel.ocn.ne.jp> Dear Customer Urgent 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "BANK OF HAWAII" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peter.s.ho.info.b.o.h.usa@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 09:51:04 -0500
Subject: Dear Customer Urgent Notice

FROM THE OFFICE OF MR.PETER S. HO
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BANK OF HAWAII

Dear Customer,

Re: Urgent Notice

I am Peter S. Ho, The President and Chief Executive Officer, the Bank Of Hawaii, Please read this mail carefully and proceed to collect your inheritance fund worth of $23,300,000.00.(Twenty Three Million, Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which will be delivered to you by ATM card.

Following this year's 2018 review of the global financial matters and just concluded investigations by the federal bureau of investigation in conjunction with the economic and financial crime commission, it is revealed that your email was included among the list of people that will receive their payments among lottery, inheritance, compensation and awarded contract funds and victims that lost their money to scammers while trying to claim their Funds. In view of foregoing, a new payment was approved in your Favor and credited into an ATM card that will be delivered to you.

This is to inform you that a payment notification from the Presidency and executive council Federal Republic of Nigeria, and also from the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI in conjunction with the Economic and Financial crime commission EFCC that we the Bank Of Hawaii reached out an agreement with the federal executive council and the senate to use the Federal Reserve Account to settle all outstanding payment to all our foreign debtors. Right now we have made a preparation of your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, through the instruction from the senate committee federal republic of Nigeria.This ATM card will be delivered to you, which you will withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world.For further details and assistance on this Remittance Notification, kindly provide us with the below details:

A Full name...........
B Address were you want us to send the ATM Card.......
C Telephone Number............
D Age...........
E Current Occupation............
F Identification...............

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office will never be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds.Thanks, We look forward to serving you with the best. Note: We use this medium to inform you that any e-mail that do not come with the this new communication code: (BOH/FBI/EFCC/NG) is false. In this case, you are advised not to respond to any e-mail without the above communication code for security purpose.

Best Regards.

MR.PETER S. HO
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BANK OF HAWAII

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