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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: "bankofamerica.com" <Max@celery.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: " Mr.Brian Moynihan Diector Bank of America" <mrbrianmoynihan73@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 12:59:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention ; Sole Beneficiary


The Management of the Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters here in 100 N.Tryon St Charlotte,NC 28255 wishes to inform you that after a brief meeting held by the Bank executives , we deem it appropriate to intimate you that your inheritance funds will be transferred into the United States Treasury Account with the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in New York according to the record we got from Africa due to your inability to complete the transaction and your failure to meet up with a minor payment obligation. The actual transfer of your funds( $4,000,000.00 ) into the Bank of America .

Note that if you still wish to receive your funds do get back to us immediately so that we will remove your funds transfer from the list of those transactions to be seized by the United States Government.Also be informed that we need only a DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER(DIST) from the origin of the fund ( NIGERIA ) to complete the wire transfer.

Kindly reconfirm your Home Address and Cell Phone Number for delivery or transfer of the fund to you .

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Brian Moynihan (CEO) of Bank of America
(704) 445-5388 - TEXT SMS ONLY
Email: ( boaceo@usa.com ).

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