419 scam: "Bank of America - Corporate Office"<lee@rmg.ie> Your approved $350,000.00 compensation is ready!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- remitboa@mail2consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bank of America - Corporate Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <remitboa@mail2consultant.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 06:15:26 -0800
Subject: Your approved $350,000.00 compensation is ready!

Bank of America - Corporate Office
800 5th Ave (5th Ave & Marion St)
Seattle, WA 98104
United States
Email: remitboa@mail2consultant.com
Tel: 206 787-9675 ( calls are recorded for quality monitoring, pls keep your SSN/DOB handy before placing a call )

Good day,

After the just concluded closed meeting with some African Presidents and US President, Mr. Donald Trump to find a lasting solution to end Internet Scam. The US president agreed with Ghana, Benin Republic and Nigerian President to return all money extorted from US, Asian, European citizens to them. The aforementioned African nation Presidents stated that it will be impossible to know the actual amount stolen from the victims but collectively agreed to return the total sum of USD4.9 Billion to US government to find a way to dispose it to those scam victims.

The sum of USD2.7 Billion was deducted from the USD4.9 Billion and have been forwarded to US treasury department while the remaining USD2.2 Billion was given to other affected continents to enable them share to various Scam victim complainers.

At this point, Bank of America/Amazon.com, Inc/Apple Inc and FBI were mandate to figure out how these funds can be shared among scam victims. According to FBI, they said a total number of 12,000.00 complainants with evidence are on their list and we agreed to pay these 12,000.00 complainants with evidence of extortion first, the sum of USD$350,000.00 each while awaiting more victims that might come up later. Your names appears on that list complied by FBI so you are among those receiving this compensation funds.

Bank of America/Amazon.com, Inc/Apple Inc and FBI finally agreed to upload these funds into their system and release it to beneficiaries through SunTrust bank online system. This procedure was generally favored to avoid multiple claims or payments to beneficiaries.

In other for you to receive your own USD$350,000.00 compensation funds, you are to purchase either iTunes Gift Cards or Amazon E-Gift Cards valued USD100.00 and above from any of their outlet around you and send the number(Picture of the Card) for activation of your payment. Once you purchase any of these card and send the number, within 48hours of sending it, your payment will be activated and you can visit any Bank of America branch with the number on that card and receive your payment without any delay. Note; You do not need to own an account or open any account with Bank of America, rather with the same number you send for activation of payment, your funds will be released to you.

Do not miss this great opportunity to receive your funds because it might not occur again.

We await your urgent response with the card number.

Yours sincerely,

Michael D. White
Independent Director
Bank Of America Corp.
Email: remitboa@mail2consultant.com

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