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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Paul Donofrio <adaxconssec@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankofamericafinn@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 07:32:39 +0100
Subject: INFORMATION
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Dear Sir/Ma
My name is Paul D. Donofrio, Chief Financier Officer (BOA) I am
writing you this letter because cool penny is better than millions of
dollars it is better for one to live and die poor honest man than a
rich dishonest one. I and the director of Finance (BOA) have made
arrangement to get your $26.1m wired to you.
The reason while we do this it is because according to information
gathered from the Bank of America data base, you have been waiting for
a long time to receive your money without success. as i also found out
that you have almost met all the statutory requirements of the Bank of
America. In respect of your contractual payment, your problem is that
of interest groups apart from the clearance with the Federal Reserve
System. A lot of people are interested in your payment and those
people are merely doing paper works with you and they are not straight
forward. Some people in the system have the intention of extorting
money from you and in the process in which you have sent so much
money to them. I can assure you that this may last for years yet
nothing happens if you do not do away with those officers that you
call your partners.
For security reasons do not tell anybody of this arrangement until you
receive cash in your bank account. For record purposes and clearance
of this fund with the Federal Reserve System, kindly forward the below
information:
1. Your full name:
2. Your Contact address
3. Your contact cell phone number:
4. Your age:
5. Your sex:
6. Your occupations:
7. Your country and city:
I await your response
Yours Faithfully
Mr. Paul D. Donofrio
Chief Financier Officer
Bank of America
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