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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: "BOA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ajibadeadesina@foxmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 01:03:52 -0800
Subject: TELEGRAPHIC ONLINE TRANSFER NOTICE OF US$5.5 MILLION TRANSFER RELEASE UPDATE

DEAR CUSTOMER:
 
THE BANK OF AMERICA CONTROLLING DEPARTMENT CONTROLLING OF THE
SECURITY TRANSFER CODE WHICH IS (WF/200/105/09), THE
AUTHENTICATION SECTION CODE OF THIS BANK CONCLUDES THE VERIFICATION OF YOUR
FILE. AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS OF CLAIM RECEIVED BY THIS
DEPARTMENT WITH JUSTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION FROM THE GLOBAL STRATEGY WEST
AFRICA WE ARE COMPLETELY SATISFIED AND YOU HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
 
THIS IS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A CODED TELEX MESSAGE OF
YOUR PAYMENT FILE FROM THE LEGAL ADVISORY OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP SWITZERLAND,
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TELEX TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CREDIT CONTROL AND
TREASURY BILLS DEPARTMENT OF THE WORLD BANK FOR IMMEDIATE BANK TO BANK ONLINE
WIRE TRANSFER OF YOUR TOTAL APPROVED FUND FOR FINAL ONWARD CREDITING TO ANY OF
YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
 
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISION OF ELECTRONICS FUNDS TRANSFER OF SUB SECTIONS
359(6) OF THE WORLD BANK ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990, OUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHIN 48
HOURS PLEASE EXPEDITE ACTIONS AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE
OVERHEADS STATEMENT ACCOUNT VALUED ADDED BALANCE SHEET HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN YOUR
FAVOR.
 
HOWEVER, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RE-CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING DETAILS AS SPECIFIED
BELOW TO ENABLE US CREATE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT AND TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT DETAILS:
 
FIRST NAME .......
LAST NAME:......
STATE OF ORIGIN:...
NATIONALITY:........
PHONE NUMBER:......
INDICATE YOUR ADDRESS...
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:.....
ZIP CODE:............
BIRTHDAY DATE.........
 
PLEASE DON’T FAIL TO FILL THIS FORM BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US A LOT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU’RE FUND TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY. SECONDLY WE ARE SO SORRY FOR DELAY DUE TO
WE HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS TO ATTEND HERE, SO PLEASE FEEL THIS FORM FOR THE
IMMEDIATE TRANSFER.
 
ONCE AGAIN I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY; I PROMISE WE WILL STRIVE TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOUBANKING NEEDS.
 
YOURS SINCERELY,
 
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
BANK OF AMERICA.
Mr. BRIAN MOYNIHAN

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