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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: BANK OF AMERICA <anyamount1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankofa765@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 00:35:46 -0700
Subject: BANK OF AMERICA

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Co-Chief Operating Officer Of Bank of America
New York City.
RE/NO: 002-BOA/0047/2015
Founded: 1928

Transfer Release Update

Dear esteemed customer,

On behalf of the entire staff of the Bank of America, The Management
of the Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters here in New York
City, wishes to inform you

that after a brief meeting held by the Co-Chief Operating Officer Of
Bank of America on the 14th of this Monday, we deem it appropriate to
intimate you that your funds

will be transferred into the bank account given by the Government Of
Benin Republic as the Country Originator of this Fund if you failed
to send the required fee,

According to the record we got from our payment Office due to your
inability to complete the transaction and your failure to meet up with
a payment obligation. The

actual transfer of your funds US$10.5 Million to the bank account
given by the Government Of Benin Republic as the Country Originator
of this Fund comes up next 3

days. because Government Of Benin Republic as the Country Originator
has agreed to pay any fees regards to this transaction because the
funds in question is all your

funds that came from Benin Republic which was seized since by the USA
Government which was total of $10.5 Million Us Dollars.

The United States Insurance Policy fee is mandatory for any transfer
of funds here in the USA involving amounts above $1,000,000.00 (One
million USD): The amount to be

transferred into your account is US$10.5 Million and is far above $1
Million. This is why the $150.00usd fee is required and the fee cannot
be deducted from source in

accordance with section 3 subsection 2(a) of the Huge Funds Transfer
Regulation Act HFTRA of 2019 promulgated by law after the terrorist
attack on our dear country.

Meanwhile, note that this is the only fees that you will bear the cost
and your approval funds sum of US$10.5 Million (Ten Million and Five
hundred thousand Dollars)

will be transfer to you without any delays, and we are doing Auditing
for the year 2021, so we want your funds US$10.5 Million to be
transferred into your nominated

bank account the same day we receive thisnfees from you or we contact
Government Of Benin Republic as the Country Originator to pay the fee
and receive the funds. We
are doing banking Auditing for the year 2021, so we advise you to
treat as matter of urgency and try as much as possible you can to
raise and come up with the fees of

$150.00usd dollars for (Fund Legality Certificate and Bulk Money
Transfer Permit Certificate) and send it to Bank of America Accountant
Officer in Benin as the funds

origin /Cashier Office within 72 hours you receive this email, so that
we can transfer your Funds into your bank account before closing for
the day, We are doing
banking Auditing for the year 2021 and all unclaimed fund will be
cancel and send back to Government Of Benin Republic as the Country
Originator.

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

transfer to Government Of Benin Republic as the Country Originator .

Also be informed that we need only a Fund Legality Certificate and
Bulk Money Transfer Permit Certificate to complete the wire transfer.
The fee to obtain the Fund

Legality Certificate and Bulk Money Transfer Permit Certificate was
reduced from $150.00usd so You are required to send the fee of
$150.00usd by money gram only to

the Bank of America Accountant Officer in Benin/Cashier Office where
your transaction originated as stated below: I need your urgent reply
and congratulations.

If we receive the MTCN today, we will transfer your funds
US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million and Five hundred thousand Dollars)
before we close office and the funds will

reflect 3 hours 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

aretransferred. We have waited for so long and we cannot continue to
wait.If we do not hear from you within the next 72 hours from today.
We are sorry
for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of your fund must
have caused you.

TAKE NOTE ON THE PAYMENT INFORMATION BY WORLD REMIT OR RIA.

RECEIVERS NAME: =======Nyle Ewell
COUNTRY: ==========Benin republic
CITY : ========== Cotonou
QUESTION: === =======In God
ANSWER: === ========We Trust
AMOUNT to send: === $150.00usd
Sender's name .......
MTCN Number.......
And you full address...........

We need your urgent reply and congratulations, SEND YOUR REPLY TO
(bankofa765@gmail.com) NB: THIS TRANSACTION IS BEING MONITORED BY THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN

ORDER TO GUARDS US FOR INTERNET IMPOSTORS.

Mr. Thomas K. Montage
Co-chief Operating Officer,
Bank of America Office New York.

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