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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: "Mr. Brian T Moynihan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office.mail8office@aol.fr>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:45:23 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM BANK OF AMERICA.

NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM BANK OF AMERICA.

We have this day , received a payment credit instruction from Janet Yellen Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York under the instruction of the United Nations and World bank. You can see the details of the allocated fund through this(http://www.uncc.ch/status.htm)We are advised to credit your account with your compensation funds allocated in your name to the tune of US$2.5 million (Two million and five hundred Thousand united states dollars) from their reserve accounts with us. However, you shall required to re-confirm the following details as specified below to effect the transfer aforementioned above to your designated account details:

{1}. Your Full Name and Address.:
{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.
{3).You're to indicate the best way you want to receive your fund payment.

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. Thanks for banking with Bank of America while we looking forward to serving you with thebest of our service.

Yours in Service,

Brian T. Moynihan.
Bank of America Corporation, CEO
Email: brianmoynihant@outlook.com

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