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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: "Chairman & CEO:Mr.Brian Thomas Moynihan." <mrolugbengaashiru000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: weirtransferdepartment@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:09:39 -0700
Subject: Dear Esteemed Customer!


Bank of America Corporate Center 100 North Tryon Street Charlotte,
North Carolina, U.S.

Chairman & CEO:Mr.Brian Thomas Moynihan.
Wednesday-Thursday 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Office Whatsapp business line call: +1 559 366 2932


Dear Esteemed Customer!

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 yesterday, at precisely 8 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT), we deem it appropriate to intimate you that your 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 United Nations {UN} due to your inability to complete
the transaction and your failure to meet up with a minor payment obligation.

This is in line with the instructions of the USA Treasurer, Mr. Steven
Terner Mnuchin that all unclaimed funds be paid into the United States
Government Treasury Account as unserviceable funds in compliance with
Section 3 subsection 1(a) of the United States Financial Law enacted in
2001 after an attack on our dear country on September 11, 2001. If you did
not fulfill the obligation your fund will be transferred into the USA
Treasurer Government account without any delay.

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 FUND PERMIT SEAL OF TRANSFER(FPST) to complete
the wire transfer. The fee to obtain the SEAL was reduced From $1,400(One
thousand Four hundred US dollars) to $400 US Dollars and no other fee was
involved.

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(FPST) in USA as listed below:

If we receive the MTCN today, we will transfer your funds $10,500,000.00)
Before we close the 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 the same day the funds are
Transferred. We have waited for so long and we cannot Continue to wait.

Please don't put any blame on us. We will go ahead and transfer your funds
to the government account if you did not fulfill the obligation.

Please,for security reasons acknowledge the receipt of this latter by
mailing back through my private e-mail address (
weirtransferdepartment@gmail.com)

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking needs.

Thanks.

Yours Truly In Service,

Mr.Brian Thomas Moynihan (CEO)
Chairman & CEO:
Bank of America®Corporate Office Headquarters, Charlotte, N.C.Bank of
America, N.A. Member FDIC.
© 2021 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
AR72768/DD6A66

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