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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: "MR GEOFFREY S. GREENER" <"bank."@solid.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MR GEOFFREY S. GREENER" <bankofamericacd0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 21:51:08 +0900 (JST)
Subject: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Co-Chief Operating Officer Of Bank of America
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28202 U.S.
RE/NO: 002-BOA/0047/2013
Website: www.bankofamerica.com
Founded: 1928
Email:(bankofamericacd0@gmail.com)

My Dear Good Day


I believed you have received this letter before.

On behalf of the entire staff of the Bank of America, The Management of the Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters here in Charlotte NC, wishes to inform you that after a brief meeting held by the Co-Chief Operating Officer Of Bank of America on the 7 Jul 2016, we deem it appropriate to intimate you that your funds will be transferred into Mrs. Annette Cang bank account of Treasury bank account of the united state of America if you failed to send the required fee, According to the record we got from our payment Office due to your inability to complete the transaction and your failure to meet up with a payment obligation. The actual transfer of your funds US$20.5 Million into Mrs. Annette Cang account comes up next 2 days.

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 US


$20.5 Million and is far above $1 Million. This is why the $185 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.

Meanwhile, note that this is the only fees that you will bear the cost and your approval funds sum of US$20.5 Million (Twenty Million Five hundred thousand Dollars) will transfer to you without any delays, and we are doing Auditing for the year 2016, so we want your funds US$20.5 Million to be transferred into your nominated bank account the same day we receive this fees from you. We are doing banking Auditing for the year 2016, so we advise you to treat as matter of urgency and try as much as possible you can to raise and come up with the fees of $185 dollars for (Fund Legality Certificate and Bulk Money Transfer Permit Certificate) and send it to Bank of America Accountant Officer in Benin as the funds origin/Cashier Office immediately you receive this email, so that we can transfer your Funds into your bank account before closing for the day, We are doing banking Auditing for the year 2016 and all unclaimed fund will be cancel and send back to Mrs. Annette Cang account as true beneficiary of this funds.

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 Fund Legality Certificate and Bulk Money Transfer Permit Certificate to complete the wire transfer. The fee to obtain the Fund Legality Certificate and Bulk Money Transfer Permit Certificate was reduced from $965 to $185 and no other fee is involved. You are required to send the fee of $185 by WESTERN UNION to the Bank of America Accountant Officer/Cashier Office where your transaction originated as stated below:

PAYMENT INFORMATION:

RECEIVERS NAME: =======(Jude kingsley)
ADDRESS: ==========Cotonou Benin
QUESTION: === =======In God
ANSWER: === ========We Trust
AMOUNT to send: === $185
Sender's name and Full Sender's Address: ===
MTCN Number.......

If we receive the MTCN today, we will transfer your funds US$20,500,000.00 (Thirty Six 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.

Meanwhile, a woman came to this bank a few days ago with a letter claiming to be your true representative and she agreed to pay the charges. Here is her information below.

Bank of America
2075 S. Victoria Ave, Ventura, CA 93003
Acct. name: Mrs. Annette Cang
Type: Checking
Account# 003767127294
Routing # 063100277

Failing to reply this email and pay the required fee of $185 urgently we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs. Annette Cang if we do not hear from you within the next 24 hours from today. We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of your fund must have caused you.

I need your urgent reply and congratulations.Email:(bankofamericacd0@gmail.com)

NB: THIS TRANSACTION IS BEING MONITORED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO GUARDS US FOR INTERNET IMPOSTORS.

MR GEOFFREY S. GREENER
Chief Risk Officer
Co-chief Operating Officer,
Bank of America Office North Carolina

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