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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: =?utf-8?B?QkFOSyBPRiBBTUVSSUNBwq4=?= <bank.of.america@boa.com>
Reply-To: bank.of.america@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:38:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: HERE ARE YOUR FUNDS TRANSFER DETAILS/26/10/2013

>From Mr.Brian Moynihan(CEO)
Bank of America corporation
150 Broadway New York,NY 10038
United States of America.


Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Saturday and Sunday
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)

Dear Customer,
I am personally sending you this message considering the urgency it
deserves following our resolve to conclude the transfer of your funds this
month.We also acknowledge the receipt of your mail regarding the transfer
of $15,500,000.00(fifteen million five hundred thousand United States
Dollars) into your given bank account.We will proceed to transfer the
funds and send you the wire slip and other transfer documents as soon as
the payment of the United States Insurance Policy fee is confirmed by the
United States Department of the Treasury headed by the Treasurer,Mrs.Rosa
Rios.There are no restrictions in your funds transfer as the funds have
been certified clean and free from terrorist funding's. While transferring
your funds,we will attach all the clearance documents so that there will
not be any stoppage or delay.Your funds have not been transferred yet
because there is no
USIP receipt of payment in your file.

The United States Insurance Policy fee is mandatory for any transfer of
funds here in the USA involving amounts above $1,000,000.00(one million
USD).The amount to be transferred into your account is $15.5 Millions and
is far above $1 Million. This is why the $250 USIP fee is required and the
fee cannot be deducted from source in accordance with section 3 subsection
2(a) of the Huge Funds Transfer Regulation Act (HFTRA) of 2001 promulgated
by law after the terrorist attack on our dear country.You are to send the
fee via WESTERN UNION or by MONEY GRAM to the USIP office in the apex bank
where your transaction originated with the below stated information.

The latest instruction from the World Bank is that you send the fee to the
country where your transaction originated.

Receiver's Name:Ben Mba
Address:7,Lewis Street,Lagos,Nigeria
Text question:Color
Answer:Blue
Amount to send:$250
E-mail the following details:
Name of sender
Name of city where the money was sent
MTCN or REFERENCE #......................

We are waiting for the MTCN so that we will transfer your funds
immediately and send you all the transfer papers.The funds will be in
your account after about 3 hours of the transfer same day you sent the fee
and you start making withdrawals from your account.

NB I SHALL SCAN THE USIP DOCUMENT AND SENT TO YOU ONCE IT IS OBTAINED
WITH THE FEE YOU SHALL SENT I SHALL ALSO SEND TO YOU OTHER CERTIFICATES
WITH THE PAYMENT SLIP ONCE YOUR FUND IS TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

Thanks for banking with the Bank of America,while we look forward to
serving you better.


Mr.Brian Moynihan(CEO)
Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC.
© 2013 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
AR72768/DD6A66

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mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the
exclusive use of the specific individual or entity to whom it is addressed
and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential
and/or exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of
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