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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 <chinagoromezendiokwere@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrschristinepkatziff@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 20:57:24 +0100
Subject: OVERDUE PAYMENT

Bank Of America.
100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte,
North Carolina, 28202 United States.
Payment Value: $36,500.000.00 USD
Our Ref NO: 002-BOA/0047/2022
Founded: 1928,

Attn Beneficiary,

I am Mrs. Christine Katziff, the 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 the International Monetary Fund {IMF}
and World bank. We apologize for the delay of your contract
payment,Outstanding funds, Winning or Inheritance funds from most
African Countries and all the inconveniences you encountered while
pursuing this payment. However, from the records of outstanding
beneficiaries due for payment with the Bank Of America and
International Monetary Fund {IMF}, your name and email address was
discovered as next on the list of the outstanding payment who has not
yet received their payments.

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 rescheduling and
outstanding compensation payment. This is to make sure all outstanding
payments are settled before the end of this fiscal month March 2022. I
have your file here in my office and it says that you are yet to
receive your outstanding fund valued at US$36.5 Million Dollars. I
wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square hole and
your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as
you respond to this letter. Note that from the record in my file, your
outstanding payment is $36.5 Million USD. Kindly re-confirm to me the
following below. 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: _____
Name of City of Residence: _________
Country: _____________
Direct and Mobile 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 an unknown bank account. As soon
as the above mentioned details are received, your payment will be
released to you immediately, you are advised to re-confirm to us your
receiving bank account details, 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.

Thank you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Christine P. Katziff,
Chief Audit Executive Officer,
Bank Of America Office®
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NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is
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Provider, we (Bank of America) urge you to treat it genuinely.

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