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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 <nwadihillary@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnmore1927@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 22:26:29 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!!!

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Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to notify you that a new development has been made by
today because the Bank of America has been ordered to release your
funds that they've held for sometime to you. The bank has created an
online bank account on your behalf and the online bank account has
been funded with the total sum of $39,500,000.00 in which you would be
able to withdraw any amount of money daily from the online account.

Below is the online bank account details


WELCOME! TO – BANK OF AMERICA ONLINE PLC SECURE ACCOUNT PAGE

Account Name:

Account Type: Online Banking Account

Created Opened: 04-07-2022

Account Balance: $39,500,000.00

Account Number: 0754354242

Name Of Bank: Bank Of America

Sort Code: 52321-03-099

Bank Country: United States of America

PIN Numbers: 8747

The bank has also stated that you could be able to start accessing the
online bank account once the transfer code has been issued to you and
this code will be issued to you at the sum of $50 for the final code
and stamp of O.D documents. Immediately you receive your funds,
government official documents which covers your funds will be
forwarded to you to show that you are the legitimate owner of the
funds.

The bank has also directed that the payment should be sent, try your
human possible best and buy an iTunes Gift Card or Steam Wallet Card
and scratch it very well, take a very clear picture of the card and
its receipt and send it back to me because that is the best way to pay
you fee without any transfer fee.

Once the payment of $50 has been received by today, the bank would
issue the TRANSFER CODE/TRANSFER PIN to you which you would use to
make the final transfer to any bank account of your choice.

I would be waiting for the details as directed as soon as possible.

Respectively
Brian Thomas Moynihan

BANK OF AMERICA®

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