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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 <imfaheadoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: remmitanceforignoffice@superposta.com
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:56:54 -0800
Subject: Attention, Notification and Guarantee From. Bank Of America

Attention,Good Morning


Notification and Guarantee From. Bank Of America Stamp by the General
Manager and sign by U.S Treasury Department IMF Guarantee to send your
money back if you did not received the funds to your account after pay
this charge that stated .once you send the $70 today for the
information Kenneth Ezechi, your #15.5million, will Definitely
transferred to your account whiting 3hours with out any more charge, I
give you 100% of guarantee that this payment of $70 that you will send
will carry out the delivery with out any more charge, if there any
more require after sending this $70 that I guarantee you i will take
care of it and make sure that you received your #15.5million as I
promise.

So go and send the money there is no more charge after this payment of
$70 and I guaranteed you that if there any more charge after sending
this $70 I will paid it and make sure that you received your
#15.million,

So proceed to money gram and send the money to this information. And
get back to us with the payment Ref no or Mtcn no,

RECEIVER'S NAME .......KENNETH EZECHI
COUNTRY:.......... BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY.............COTONOU
QUESTION:..........COLOR
ANSWER:............BLUE
AMOUNT:.............$70 USD.ONLY
MTCN:................
SENDER NAME ..........
EMAIL THE FOLLOWING:
SENDER'S NAME:
MTCN OR REFERENCE NUMBER

We are waiting for your reply with the payment, Detail.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
Mr. Brian William Jr
BANK OF AMERICA(R)
CORPORATE OFFICE HEADQUARTERS,
CHARLOTTE, N.C.BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A.MEMBER FDIC.(C) 2012
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION. ALL
RIGHTSRESERVED.
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE OFFICE HEADQUARTERS

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