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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Paul M.Donofrio" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <globaltopservicing@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 06:05:26 +0700
Subject: REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

  Bank of America Corporate Center 100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte,North Carolina, U.S.A
Chief Financial Officer:Paul M. Donofrio
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
 
Dear Valued Customer,
 
    As part of the instruction reaching us from the office of the United States Treasury: thus stating that all unclaimed funds from bank customers be paid into the United States Government Treasury Account as unserviceable funds in compliance to section 3 subsection 1(a) of the United States Financial Law enacted in 2001 after an attack on United states of America in September, 2001.
 
    It is my pleasure to announce to you that an agreement was reached between The Board Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarter here in Charlotte, United States Of America and the United Nations(UN) that all unclaimed funds and transactions of various types within US$10.000.000 that have been hanging due to one hindrances or the other be release to their eligible owners with immediate effect. Also be Informed that in claiming your fund, you need only a FUND PERMIT SEAL OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE(FPSTC) to complete the wire transfer. The fee to obtaining the SEAL is US$580 and no other fee is involved. If you do not fulfill the obligation, your fund will be transferred into United States Treasurer Government Account without any delay.
 
    This opportunity is for a short while and if you still wish to receive your funds, do get back to us immediately so that we will remove your funds from the list of those to be seized by the United States Government. You are required to get back to us via this email:globaltopservicing@gmail.com for us to commence the procedures of releasing your funds to you.
 
    All the necessary documents that will facilitate the transfer of your funds will be delivered to you and you will be able to make cash withdrawals from your bank account same day the funds are transferred. You are required to get back to us so that we will give you information to send the needed money to the attorney in charge to secure the FUND PERMIT SEAL OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE(FPSTC) in USA as listed above. If we receive the MTCN today, we will transfer your funds ($10,000,000.00) before we close office and the funds will reflect 3hours after the transfer. We will send you all the transfer documents to enable you start making cash withdrawals from your account same day the funds are transferred.
Thanks.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Paul M.Donofrio
Chief Financial Officer(CFO)
Bank of America®Corporate Office Headquarters, Charlotte, N.C.Bank of
America, N.A. Member FDIC.
© 2019 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
AR72768/DD6A66

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