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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: admin@dealer.com
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:16:22 -0500
Subject: Bank of America


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Alert


IP-Bad detected on your account
Dear Valued Customer,
We're notice you know that we've detected multiple IP-Bad access on your ac=
count, which will result to restrictions and frozen to your account, Kindly=
check it below to ensure the safety of your assests .
Login to follow

Security Checkpoint
To confirm the authenticity of messages from us, always look for this Secur=
ity Checkpoint. You last signed in to Online Banking on 05/10/2017.
Remember: Always look for your SiteKey=AE before entering your Passcode. We=
'll ask you for your Online ID and Passcode when you sign in.
This is a service email from Bank of America. Please note that you may rece=
ive service emails in accordance with your Bank of America service agreemen=
ts, whether or not you elect to receive promotional email.
Read our Privacy Notice.
Please don't reply directly to this automatically generated email message.
Bank of America Email, 8th Floor-NC1-002-08-25, 101 South Tryon St., Charlo=
tte, NC 28255-0001
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender =

=A9 2017 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.


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