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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: From Bank Of America <America1111@docomonet.jp>
Reply-To: "bankofamericausa022@gmail.com" <bankofamericausa022@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 06:25:27 +0900
Subject: Welcome To Bank Of America Headquarters

Address: 100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC,United States

ONLINE WIRE TRANSFER OF $23,500,000,00 USD

This is to notify you that a new development has been made today in
which the BANK OF AMERICA has been holding your funds all this while
has been ordered to release it to you. The bank is about to created an
online bank account on your behalf and the online bank account has
been funded with the total sum of $23,500,000,00 USD in which you
would be able to withdraw any amount of money daily from the online
account.

THE TOTAL FUND WILL BEEN ORDERED TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
WHICH YOU WILL PROVIDE TO US BELOW..

BANK NAME
ACCOUNT NAME
SWIFT CODE/IBAN CODE
COUNTRY/ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
NEXT OF KIN DETAILS

PLEASE THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED HALF IN HALF AS DIRECTED BY THE
IMF....YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS ...

The bank has also stated that you could be able to start accessing the
online bank account once the total fund is been created
THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.
MR.BRIAN

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