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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 <supremecourtoftexasusaoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrschristinepkatziffboa@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:35:41 +0100
Subject: Payment Notification

Office Address:
Bank Of America.
100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte,
North Carolina, 28202 United States.
Tel: +1 (202) 239-6198

Attn

I am Mrs. Christine Katziff, the newly-sworn Chief Audit Executive Of
Bank Of America. You will get more information about me here:
https://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/christine-katziff

On behalf of the entire staff of the Bank Of America and the US
Government in collaboration with CIA and FBI. We apologize for the
delay of your Outstanding Payments, Contract Payment, Winning or
Inheritance funds valued $36,500,000.00 USD Million Dollars from most
of African Countries and all the inconveniences you encountered while
pursuing this payment. I have made it my first point of call since
taking office to settle all outstanding payments accrued to
individuals or corporations with respect to local and overseas
contract payment, debt re-scheduling and outstanding compensation
payment. This is to make sure all outstanding payments are settled
before the end of this fiscal year 2021.

I have your file here in my office and it says that you are yet to
receive your fund valued at $36.5 Million Dollars (Thirty Six Million
Five hundred thousand Dollars). This Funds will now be transferred to
your nominated bank account or your preferred payment option. You are
advised to kindly reply this email with the below details enclosed to
help us process your payment,

Your Full Name: _____________
Your Contact House Address: _____
Country: _____________
Your Direct Telephone Number: ______
Working Identity /Passport: ________
AGE: _______________
OCCUPATION: ___________

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this
office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds
or liability of funds credited into unknown account. As soon as the
above mentioned details are received, your payment will be made to you
immediately, so you are advice to choose the listed method of payment
1, Bank to Bank Wire transfer. you are advice to re-confirm to this
bank your receiving Bank Account, Where you want your fund to be
remitted.

We await your swift response and also advise that if our directives
are followed carefully, you should have your fund in your account
within 24 hours and you can also open an account with us to enable
your fund to be credited to your account and the ATM attached to your
account would be sent to you. Your immediate response with your
information to enable this bank proceeds with the transfer of your
approved fund and serve you better as we were directed by the U.S
Government.

Thank you.

Mrs. Christine P. Katziff ,
Chief Audit Executive Officer,
Head, Foreign Operations,
Coordinator, International Debt Settlement Unit.
Bank of America®

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