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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: " Brian t. Moynihan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbkamericbrianbk@superposta.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:39:10 -0800
Subject: Telegraphic Wire Transfer Payment from Bank of America United States.

Bank of America
150 Broadway Ave
New York, NY 10038 Usa.
 
Telegraphic Wire Transfer Payment from Bank of America United States.
 
This is an official notice from the Bank of America in regards to the transfer of your inheritance/ lottery funds worth $10.5 million united states dollars. Meanwhile we are very sorry for the delay in this transaction which was as a result of the latter we received from one Mrs. Danita Williams.
 
 
We wish to notify you that a woman named Mrs. Danita Williams sent a letter to our bank here in the united states claiming that you are dead and she stated that before you died, you informed her about your funds worth $10.5 million which is in our bank here in the United States.
 
 
Note that Mrs. Danita Williams also sent a copy of your death certificate to us, to prove to us that you are dead as she claimed, but we did not believe her because we know that there are so many scam activities going on here in the united states.
 
 
As a matter of fact, she also gave us every reason to believe that you are dead, and she is ready to take care of what ever it will cost to get your funds transferred into her own account, but we decided to contact you first to be sure that you are dead as she claimed before releasing your funds worth $10.5 million to Mrs. Danita Williams.
 
So are you dead or are you still alive? Be informed that we are going to release the funds to Mrs. Danita Williams if you do not respond back to us within the next 2 working days to.
 
If you are still alive, kindly respond immediately reconfirming to me the following details to avoid any mistake.
Full Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
Fax:
Email:
Bank Name:
Address:
Account No.:
Routing No.:
Swift Code:
Account Name:
 
 
However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs. Danita Williams if we do not hear from you within the next two working days from today.
 
I will be waiting for your urgent response.
 
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Brian t. Moynihan
Manager Bank of America

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