419 scam: "Mr. John L.Tonna" <federalministryoffinance98231@gmail.com> HAPPY NEW MONTH PLEASE RECEIVER YOUR FUNDS $850.000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS

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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:
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John L.Tonna" <federalministryoffinance98231@gmail.com>
Reply-To: banktransfer894@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 17:24:43 +0100
Subject: HAPPY NEW MONTH PLEASE RECEIVER YOUR FUNDS $850.000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS

Bank of America Higher Standards Home
100 N Tryon St STE 170
Charlotte, NC 28202 US
Financial Center
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: Closed

HAPPY NEW MONTH PLEASE RECEIVER YOUR FUNDS $850.000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS

Your details information has been received and confirmed with what we
have in our database Before we proceed to set up your Bank of America
Personal Residential Online Account, we want to bring to your notice
the simple procedure to achieve this aim with our bank under my
supervision.First and foremost the origin of funds has previously
advised in my initial e-mail was from the United Nation Organization
on unpaid payments from deposit funds from Africa, Asia

and Eastern Europe.Your name and contact information was retrieved
from the short listed data on the file of the United Nation
Organization. If you try to recollect, you would remember conducted
some businesses in either of the mentioned three tier regions (
Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe) and the purpose of selection was
randomly made by the United Nation Organization. Our bank stands out
from all the presently distressed banks in United State and Northern
America to enable the payment of your overdue transaction that has
been pending for the past several years released.

I want you to clearly understand that, I am here to serve you
according to the instruction from FBI, Homeland Securities of States
and United Nation Organization in particular.Moreover, I am not here
to play any kind of joke with you.The clearances from Federal Reserve
Bank and US Treasury Department to enable your online Transfer go
smoothly has been issue to our

Bank.Meanwhile, you have to clearly understand that, before we can set
up a new Bank of America Personal Residential Online Account for you
here in our bank, the activation fee must be paid by you and it will
reflect in our database and your original account which was instructed
from United nation will be activated.You have to send the sum of $25
usd dollars i tunes card or Google play card to activate your Bank of
America Personal Residential Online Account, this payment will be
credited to your Online account before we can fully remit the amount
value of US$850,000.00 United States Dollars

This is why it is important that we first of all receive the Bank of
America Personal Residential Online Account Activation fee in our
bank, which in turn would record and file the payment of $25 usd
dollars i tunes card or Google play card and forward the information
to our head quarters here in USA. Then the funds would be received, in
turn registered into the system and once it is sighted, then an
instruction would be issued out to that effect and the documentation
would be formally presented to Federal Reserve Bank just as described
in my most recent correspondence with you explaining.

Please, if you can not afford to pay this $25 usd dollars i tunes card
or Google play card donâ€™t reply to my E-mail; we donâ€™t have time to
beg you to set up Bank of America Personal Residential Online under
our supervision. once your bye the $25 usd dollars i tunes card or
Google play card make sure your send the Copy of the $25 usd dollars i
tunes card or Google play card Today Okay,

Thanks

Regards

Mr. John L.Tonna

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