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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: "Mr.Matt Elliott (CEO)" <nfg@sverige.nu>
Reply-To: bankofa153@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:04:31 +0200
Subject: Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters




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Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters
Address: Guardian Building, 500 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226, United States
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)

Dear esteemed customer,

On behalf of the entire staff of the Bank of America, The Management of
the Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters here in New York City,
wishes to inform you that after a brief meeting held by the Co-Chief
Operating Officer Of Bank of America on the 18th of this Monday, we deem
it appropriate to intimate you that your funds will be transferred into
the bank account given by the Government Of Benin Republic as the Country
Originator of this Fund if you failed to send the required fee, According
to the record we got from our payment Office due to your inability to
complete the transaction and your failure to meet up with a payment
obligation.

The actual transfer of your funds US$15.5 Million to the bank account
given by the Government Of Benin Republic as the Country Originator of
this Fund comes up next 3 days. because Government Of Benin Republic as
the Country Originator has agreed to pay any fees regards to this
transaction because the funds in question is all your funds that came from
Benin Republic which was seized since by the USA Government which was
total of $15.5 Million Us Dollars.

The United States Insurance Policy fee is mandatory for any transfer of
funds here in the USA involving amounts above $1,000,000.00 (One million
USD): The amount to be transferred into your account is US$15.5 Million
and is far above $1 Million. This is why the $379.00 usd fee is required
and the fee cannot be deducted from source in accordance with section 3
subsection 2(a) of the Huge Funds Transfer Regulation Act HFTRA of 2008
promulgated by law after the terrorist attack on our dear country.

Meanwhile, note that this is the only fees that you will bear the cost and
your approval funds sum of US$15.5 Million (Fifteen Million Five hundred
thousand Dollars) will be transfer to you without any delays, and we are
doing Auditing for the year 2020, so we want your funds US$15.5 Million to
be transferred into your nominated bank account the same day we receive
this fees from you or we contact Government Of Benin Republic as the
Country Originator to pay the fee and receive the funds.

We are doing banking Auditing for the year 2016, so we advise you to treat
as matter of urgency and try as much as possible you can to raise and come
up with the fees of $379.00 usd dollars for (Fund Legality Certificate and
Bulk Money Transfer Permit Certificate) and send it to Bank of America
Accountant Officer in Benin as the funds origin /Cashier Office within 72
hours you receive this email,so that we can transfer your Funds into your
bank account before closing for the day, We are doing banking Auditing for
the year 2016 and all unclaimed fund will be cancel and send back to
Government Of Benin Republic as the Country Originator.

Note that if you still wish to receive your funds do get back to us
immediately so that we will remove your funds transfer from the list of
those transactions to be transfer to Government Of Benin Republic as the
Country Originator.

Also be informed that we need only a Fund Legality Certificate and Bulk
Money Transfer Permit Certificate to complete the wire transfer. The fee
to obtain the Fund Legality Certificate and Bulk Money Transfer Permit
Certificate was reduced so You are required to send the fee of $379.00
usd by Ria money transfer only to the Bank of America Accountant Officer
in Benin/Cashier Office where your transaction originated as stated below:

we will transfer your funds US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five hundred
thousand Dollars) before we close office and the funds will reflect 3
hours after the transfer.

We will send you all the transfer documents to enable you start making
cash withdrawals from your account same day the funds are transferred. We
have waited for so long and we cannot continue to wait.If we do not hear
from you within the next 72 hours from today.

We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of your fund
must have caused you.

TAKE NOTE ON THE PAYMENT INFORMATION BY RIA MONEY TRANSFER OR THROUGH
WLAMART WITH THIS INFORMATION

Receiver Name: Mr Keith R DeRiso
Address: 3251 Lothrop St
City: Detroit
State: Michigan
Country: USA

name(.........................................................?
MTCN Number(......................................................?
And you full address(................................................?

We need your urgent reply and congratulations,

Mr.Matt Elliott (CEO)
Bank of America
Address: Guardian Building, 500 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226, United States


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