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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mr Brian t Moynihan <tigersales@paramountdistributors.com>
Reply-To: <moynihanmrbriant6@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:12:06 -0700
Subject: RE: COMPENSATION FUND FROM BANK OF AMERICA
Bank of America
150 Broadway Ave
New York, NY 10038 Usa.
RE: COMPENSATION FUND FROM BANK OF AMERICA
Attn:Beneficiary,
This is officially to notify you that We have received a payment credit
instruction from Federal Reserve Bank of New York to credit your account
with your full Inheritance fund of US$10.5 Million.
I hereby acquaint you with the procedure for the release and transfer
of this approved payment fund to you. You are required to furnish to us
the under mentioned statutory requisites to enable my office commence
actions.
Full Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
Fax:
Email:
Bank Name:
Address:
Account No.:
Routing No.:
Swift Code:
Account Name:
Your Immediate Response is highly needed to enable us commence for the
transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brian t. Moynihan
Manager Bank of America
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