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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: "woods patman" <woodspatman@boa.com>
Reply-To: woodspatman74@aol.com
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:23:08 +0100
Subject: ,,,,,,,,,YOU ARE WARNED TO STOP,,,,,,,,,




Bank of America Corporate Center
Senior Personal Banker - Head Office
Bank Of America Corp Ctr 100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28255-0001

ATTN:Contractor /Beneficiary/ Inheritance


We have been trying to reach you for some time now, your silent have
caused many damages as Mr.
Ritchie Miller, a Citizen of Canada who claims to be your representative,
assigned and authorized
by
you for the claim of your fund awaiting transfer into his nominated bank
account. He said that you
had an Accident and could not proceed and claim this fund. He also
summated his bank account
information.


we decided to use new arrangement to get this matter completed for you
without any much trouble
ever
because this arrangement is called INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE BANKING SYSTEM,
you might wonder what
international telephone banking system means and the services,the Banks
Head Quarter in United
States of America have inaugurated Mobile Banking with Bank Of America
Bank Of America-E-Banking
designed in such a way that Contractors can by him/herself transfer his
contract sum from the
account of Bank Of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma where your check is
deposited in a new account to his
/her own account. In line with statutory payment regulations, you are
required to fill in the with
your full Banking details and your contract amount and your full address
where the Scratch Card
will
be sent to you Via DHL Courier Services.

accessing bank account by telephone a system in which customers can access
their accounts and a
variety of banking services 24 hours a day by telephone, you can make wire
transfer out from your
account via the telephone banking system and also check your balance and
many others benefits and
this service will save you a lots of time and money because the cost of
making wire transfer out of
your account via telephone banking system is very easy and fast and much
cheaper than ever and this
will help to get this matter finalize and completed without any further
troubles, with the
telephone
banking system, you have many benefits as well like receiving the Master
Gold Credit cards via
proper channel with Bank Of America in your State if any because we work
hand to hand with the Bank
Of America to complete the full delivery of your Master Gold Credit cards
and Checkbook which will
be sent through our head office in your city, Upon hearing back from you
as soonest ever, we will
then open this account and forward the opening details to you including
the your account number and
pin number to enter your account and see your account balance and then
instructions will be given
to
you on how to transfer money out from your telephone banking access to
your provide bank account.

Traditionally, retail banks have provided these services directly to the
customer via branches.
While many still do this, retail banks now offer their services by
telephone and the internet as
well. Some operate solely via the internet and do not have facilities to
serve customers at
physical; Cash-flow reporting is aided by cash-flow accounting, which
records changes in cash flows
directly. Incoming and outgoing payments of liquid funds, such as cash in
hand and bank savings,
are
analyzed in real time and recorded according to their cash flow classes in
revenues and
expenditures. meanwhile you must also understand that this service is 24
hours and you will also
confirm the transfer from this telephone banking the same day that you
complete the wire transfer,
so I will be glad if you trust in this arrangement and follow my
instructions accordingly, please
if
this arrangement interest you, kindly inform me via email also re-confirm
your contact telephone
numbers so that we will work on this matter today and Monday and then we
will get everything
completed you will keep on enjoying free transfer processing's and enjoy
all our services and
benefits on this New Programs.

Give me a call 800-933-6262 for better understanding
Mr Woods Patman
Senior Personnel Banker - Head Office






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