419 scam: "Thomas WoodWard"<consignmentbox1@gmail.com> From;Bank of America

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- thomaswoodward1972@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Thomas WoodWard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomaswoodward1972@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:22:45 -0800
Subject: From;Bank of America

BANK OF AMERICA

TEL/FAX:267 248 3381

423 East Girard Ave

Philadelphia, PA 19148

FROM THE DESK OF THOMAS.C. WOODWARD

NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM BANK OF AMERICA.

Attn: Category A Beneficiary

We have this Month of Nov 2012 received a payment credit instruction

from the western African foreign Payment Council to credit your

account with your full Inheritance fund from the west African reserve

account with our bank, Bank of America. However, you shall be

required to provide the followings data below:

{1}. Your Full Name and Address.

{2}. Your Confidential Tel., Cell and Fax.

{3). Your Bank name and address.

{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:

(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.

(6)Any form of Identification.

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 a ghost account.

You will be given an on-line account which will be opened for you in

our bank to enable you make transfer from your on-line account to any

other account of your choice anywhere in the world.

We wait to received the requested information to enable us give you

further briefings on how to open the on-line domiciliary account.

Thanks for banking with Bank of America while we looking forward to

serving you with the best of our service.

Get back to me as soon as you receive this email at,thomaswoodward1972@gmail.com

Thanks and God bless you.

Regards,

Mr. Thomas Woodward

A/C officer B O A (P.A Branch).

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