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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: "BANK OF AMERICA " <web9@org891.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <moynihan.brian@accountant.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 08:49:52 +0530
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


Hello Sir/ madam, Good Day. I am Mr Brian Moynihan the CEO and President o=
f BANK OF AMERICA was invited to India by the Finance Minister of India, P =
Chidambaram to attend the annual Economic Editors conference meeting held i=
n Delhi on 15 feb 2013 together with the special committee set up under the=
chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to examine ways to st=
rengthen global programme on Indian Black Money Abroad In Secret Banks and =
Tax Havens recovery from foreign banks worldwide, estimated to be Rs. 25 la=
kh crores (US$ 500 billion). It has been confirmed that Indians are the lar=
gest depositors of black money in foreign banks around the globe including =
Bank, USA. Kindly view this link to understand more: http://myeconomist.wor=
dpress.com/indias-black-money-in-swiss-bank/ From our successful meeting wi=
th P Chidambaram, the government has been able to ferret out tens of thousa=
nds of crores of black money after getting information from foreign entitie=
s, working on specific leads and conducting raids. P Chidambaram had then a=
nnounced that the Indian government could not disclose the names of 18 Indi=
an entities - known as the ' Liechtenstein list' - who had stashed black mo=
ney in foreign banks with their fellow Indian citizens company's names and =
information without the concepts or knowledge of the proxy names in our ban=
k, where your full names and company names are benefactor of these fund dep=
osited with our bank in USA. P Chidambaram has instructed our bank to retur=
n all deposited principal fund by these 18 Indian entities back to the Indi=
an government and pay all interest rate to the beneficiary whose names and =
company information where used to open this huge amount of deposit with our=
bank in USA. On this note, I write to inform you that your name and compan=
y name was used to deposit the sum of Twenty Five Million United States Dol=
lars (US$25,000,000.00) with our Bank on 11th september, 2010. The reason I=
wrote this mail to you is to inform you based on the instruction we had re=
ceived from the Honorable Minister, P Chidambaram signed during our meeting=
today, our bank in USA () should return the principal fund to the India go=
vernment treasury and pay all interest to the depositors name which you are=
a beneficiary to the sum of one million, three hundred and fifty six thous=
and United States Dollars (1,356,000.00US$) as your interest to expatiate y=
our business in India. Your interest fund of one million, three hundred and=
fifty six thousand United States Dollars (US$1,356,000.00) with our bank (=
) will be transferred to your account which you shall provide to us in Unit=
ed States of America. I will be returning back to USA today and we shall pr=
oceed with you upon the receipt of your scanned copy of your identity proof=
to enhance your swift fund transfer within 72hrs to 96hrs immediately I ar=
rive USA tomorrow. We advice you to act promptly and send your 1.scanned co=
py id proof ,2.your name ,3.occupation and 4.address ,5.phone number to ena=
ble us transfer your interest rate of one million, three hundred and fifty =
six thousand United States Dollars (US$1,356,000.00) to your account you sh=
all provide via the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, so that we can transfer your int=
erest to you without any delay, upon my arrival to United States Of America=
. Thanks for your Understanding and Co-operation. Yours Sincerely, Brian Mo=
ynihan Ceo -bank of america Contact us via email; moynihan.brian@accountant=
.com=20

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