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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 <kenneth.neudeck@gmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.lizbenson@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 12:03:37 -0800
Subject: wait to hear from you immediately.


Bank of America Corporate Center

100 Beach Hawaii, 8202 U.S.A

Phone: +1-580-26-7082

RE/NO: 002-Rbs/0049/2015

Founded: 1928

*REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT US 10.5 MILLION*

*Transfer Release Update.*
Dear Esteemed customer*,*

The Management of the Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters here in
100, Ewe Beach, Hawaii 28255 wishes to inform you that after a brief
meeting held by the Bank executives on the 5th Day of Feb,2015 at precisely
8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT), we deem it appropriate to intimate you
that your funds will be transferred into the United States Treasury Account
with the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in New York
according to the record we got from Africa due to your inability to
complete the transaction and your failure to meet up with a minor payment
obligation. The actual transfer of your funds US$10,500,000.00 ((Ten
Million Five hundred thousand Dollars) into the government account comes up
next 2 days.





This is in line with the instructions of the USA Treasurer, Mrs. Rosa
Gumataotao Rios that all unclaimed funds be paid into the United States
Government Treasury Account as unserviceable funds in compliance to section
3 subsections 1(a) of the United States Financial Law enacted in 2001 after
an attack on our dear country on September 11, 2001.





Find below the profile of the banking institution where your funds will be
transferred into following the government directive:



Name of Bank: JP Morgan Chase Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in New York.

JP Morgan Chase Official Bankers for the United States Treasury Department

AC NO: 68302345093

Routing NO: 021109593

Account Name: United States Treasury Department, USA





Note that if you still wish to receive your funds do get back to us
immediately so that we will remove your funds transfer from the list of
those transactions to be seized by the United States Government. Also be
informed that we need only a Proof of Ownership Certificate & Bank of
America Clearance Certificate to complete the wire transfer



The fee to obtain the Certificates was reduced from $580 to $155 and no
other fee is involved. You are required to send the fee of $155 by WESTERN
UNION to the BOA Accountant officer at the bank where your transaction
originated as, have the payment information to you below:



Receiver Name: ……..Rebecca Kurz



Address……………Hawaii USA

Text Question…………..when

Answer………………….Today

MTCN…………………….

Sender Name……………

Sender Address…………..



If we receive the MTCN today through Miss. Liz Benson Young through her
e-mail address: miss.lizbenson@gmail.com

she will transfer your funds US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five hundred
thousand Dollars) before we close office and the funds will reflect 3 hours
after the transfer. We will send you all the transfer documents to enable
you start making cash withdrawals from your account same day the funds are
transferred. We have waited for so long and we cannot continue to wait.



Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking needs.



We wait to hear from you immediately.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Larry Williams

Foreign Operation Manager

Bank of America
*larry7516@gmail.com <larry7516@gmail.com>*

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