419 scam: BANK OF AFRICA<mthwhamilton@gmail.com HELLO

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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)
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.
- mthwhamilton@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BANK OF AFRICA<mthwhamilton@gmail.com
Reply-To: mthwhamilton@gmail.com
Date: 26 Feb 2019 22:16:17 -0500
Subject: HELLO

My name is Mr. Mathew Hamilton of telex/computer department of Bank of
Africa (BOA). I am sending this private email based on the
confidentiality of the transaction. Please, I will like to advise if
after going through my proposal and you do not accept it, kindly keep
it to yourself.
As of this moment, i am still in service with Bank of Africa (BOA) and
I will not by any means like to lose my job, if you are not
interested. I have put in over 23 years in this bank but i do not have
anything to show for it. This is just my opportunity to make sure that
I give my children a decent training since my government which is
corrupt has refused to take care of its responsibility. In fact I am
sick and tired of everything here I need to get out. I found out that
you almost met all the statutory requirements in respect of your
payment. Please be equally advised that no security company in Africa
can handle your contract payment/inheritance fund with any bank
without the instructions of the Bank of Africa.
Your problem is that of interest group in the Bank of Africa that is
supposed to transfer your fund with the Approval of central bank. A
lot of people is interested in your payment and that explains why you
receive emails and phone calls from different people every day. Their
whole game plan is to frustrate you in order for you to abandon the
contract payment and then, they will be comfortable and free enough to
transfer the contract funds into their overseas account.
Their aim and target is not the money you are giving them but to
frustrate you. Hence, you have lost trust on whom to believe to be
genuine but I can assure you that this may last for years, yet nothing
happens.
To sum it up, I wish to assure you that with my position here in the
telex department, I can accomplish this transferring your Long Overdue
Payment worth the sum of $2.500.000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) into your personal account under five
working days, but we have to reach an agreement.
First of all, you have to let me know how much you will give me at the
consummation of this deal,so I need you to get back to me as soon as
possible.
Kindly Reply to my personal email (mthwhamilton@gmail.com)
REGARDS,
Mr.Mathew Hamilton
mthwhamilton@gmail.com

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