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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: "Jim C. David" <jone_mike22@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Jim C. David" <infoatdeliver@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:49:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: from.Bank of Africa!


  
Bank of Africa
1122 International Blvd. Burlington,
Office: +229-68-325_958
Dear Beneficiary,

The Board of Trustees and Management of Bank of Africa wish to officially inform you today that your outstanding Inheritance fund valued at the total sum of US$21,400,000,00 (Twenty One Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which was deposited with our bank here in Benin to your name many years ago has been legally approved and Authorized by the European Union committee on Foreign Payment Resolution, following with the payment release letter we received from the Benin Finance Ministry and American Ambassador to Benin, for onward transfer, therefore, an instruction to credit your fund have been given to this Bank by the (FRB) Federal Reserve Bank Of Scotland for immediate release of your fund to your bank account.

Meanwhile, be informed that your fund transfer notification latter has been forwarded to the Bank of Africa and to the General Director Of (I.M.F) International Monitoring Fund Office in America for final approval, and this is because to transfer such huge amount of money we really have to notify every offices that is concern in any International fund transfer that is moving out of Benin just to avoid any problem when making the payment to your bank account, but we have successfully gotten some of the fund release approval documents from the legal department regarding this transaction.

Note that the Bank of Africa Established in Africa as of 1782 by Charles III, today the bank is a member of the Benin System of Central Banks. It is also the national supervisor of all the banking system around Africa, and as such any transaction made out of this bank must go successfully into the beneficiary's bank account without any hitch, and be informed that every documentations required in your fund transfer must be fully secured and send to you as soon as possible for proof and file keeping before we can proceed.

However, we the Bank of Africa hereby advise you to quickly reconfirm your full banking information to this bank once again to enable us cross check it with the one they submitted to us before we can proceed with the claim process of your fund, and this is to avoid any mistake or wrongful transaction, and we will not be responsible for any lost of fund, so as a result of this we now advise you to kindly get back to us with your Residential Home Address and your complete Banking details as to enable the management of this bank facilitate the smooth release of your fund to your account.

Upon the confirmation of your full details as instructed we will send our Bank Attorney to proceed with securing of the necessary legal documents in your name with immediate effect, and note that we have some of the approval documents to your name already and we shall also send them to you as soon as we hear from you for proof.
We awaiting your immediate response with your information to enable this bank proceeds with the transfer of your approved fund and serve you better as we were directed by the Government of Republic of Benin.
Thank you for choosing Bank of Africa.
Regards,

Dr. Jim  C. David,
The Managing Director.
Bank of Africa.

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