419 scam: "JOHN BENNY"<boa.info@mail.com> GOOD NEWS 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:

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: "JOHN BENNY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bankorg20@e-mail.ua>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 18:53:01 -0400
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM BANK OF AMERICA

,I am JOHN BENNY with BANK OF AMERICA TEMPLE HILLS MARYLAND I am 34 years old, just started work with BANK OF AMERICA I came across your your file (disk painted RED), I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate but the fund has not been release to you. The most annoying thing is that they cannot tell you the truth on the reason why they have not transferred your fund into your bank account and i am not happy about it so i choose to contact via email to let you know what is going on and what you will need to do to get your fund,trust, $1.5million transferred into you bank account

Please i do not want anybody in my bank here to know that i am in contact with you, let just do this transaction confidentially and get your $1.5 million transferred to you urgently, i will give you my number as soon as i have got your email and your details, I do not intend to work here all the days of my life,so get in touch with me immediately with the below details i am dealing with the right person i need you to reconfirm the below

YOUR FULL NAME

DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER

YOUR ADDRESS

SEX

OCCUPATION

AGE

numbers for easy communications and also re confirm your banking details,

CONTACT E-MAIL: bankorg20@e-mail.ua

Regards,

JOHN BENNY

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