419 scam: Bank of America <info@bankofamerica.ga> RE: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- philip_jefboa@mail2consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bank of America <info@bankofamerica.ga>
Reply-To: philip_jefboa@mail2consultant.com
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:25:30 -0400
Subject: RE: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY

Mr. Philip Jefferson
Remittance Department
Bank of America
1101 Cornhusker HwyLincoln, NE 68521 USA.
Telephone:(401) 216-6088

Re: Urgent Business Partnership Treat Very Important

Dear Good Friend,

I am Mr. Philip Jefferson Remittance officer Bank of America address
as stated above. This message might meet you in utmost surprise, and
however, itâ€™s just my urgent need for a partner that made me to
contact you for this transaction. Iâ€™m requesting for a reliable and
trusted friend for a highly important and lucrative venture investment.

I came across your contact as a reliable partner for this venture.I am
writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank whose name is Mr.
Andreas Schranner a citizen of Germany who perished in a plane crash
[Concorde Air Flight AF4590] with the whole passengers aboard on 31
July 2000. And for your perusal you can view this web site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since the demise of this customer, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one
has come to claim his fixed deposited funds valued US$65.5M (Sixty
Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which has
been with my branch for a very long time unclaimed.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the
Next of Kin, as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the
United States Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay
more than 18 years on a dormant account, because the money will be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

In view of this, I got your contact through a trade journal. And I
have agreed to give you 30% of the total sum, if you can handle this
transaction in ultimate sincerity and secrecy by working with me. Upon
the receipt of your response, I will send you the application, bankâ€™s
form and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this business is risk free and that you should not
entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be
finalized within five working days, after you apply to the bank as a
relation to the deceased.

Please reply me through this private mail
(Philip_jefboa@mail2consultant.com) for security reason before I will
connect you to the Bank authority, also will forward you all the
necessary document to stand you as the real next of kin to the decease
customer..

Please treat this business proposal with utmost confidentiality
and send me the Following:

(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age and Sex:

I look forward to your earliest response

Regards and thanks,
Mr. Philip Jefferson
Remittance Department
Bank of America

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