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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?BANK_OF_AMERICA=C2=AE?= <consultantfboard@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: =?UTF-8?Q?BANK_OF_AMERICA=C2=AE?= <bank.of.america1@katamail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:30:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: HERE ARE YOUR FUNDS TRANSFER DETAILS


 From Mr.Brian Moynihan(CEO)
Bank of America corporation
150 Broadway New York,NY 10038
United States of America.
Tel:(202) 599 9211

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 fundings.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 $15.5Million and is far above $1Million.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,RIA MONEY TRANSFER 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(Nigeria) where  your transaction originated.

Receiver's Name:Ibe 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.

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


Mr.Brian T Moynihan(CEO)
Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC.
© 2014 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
AR72768/DD6A66

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