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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 <"WWW."@chive.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: John William <bank.amrican@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 07:39:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Executive Director BANK OF AMERICA

Attn:Dear

My pleasure to inform you that your total funds sum of US$25,000,000.00 has successfully been transferred to bank of America
therefore you are urgently admonish to contact bank of America Washington for immediate release of your foundations to you hitch free
without any further demand or delay once you contact them.

Contact Person
Mr. Timothy Emery
Executive Director BANK OF AMERICA (GMD)
Email... bank.amrican@yahoo.com


Finally do not hesitate to contact the paying bank via bank of America immediately you receive this email OK.However kindly keep me posted as
soon as you successfully received your funds in your account so that we can share joy together for all the efforts we made towards your
transaction.

Thanks for your cooperation and understanding towards this action.

Ward Regards
John William

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