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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: Bank of America <goddyemef1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: boaonlinefin@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 03:32:47 +0100
Subject: RESPONSE

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Dear Sir/Ma,

My name is Paul Donofrio from bank of America (BOA) I am writing you
this letter because cool penny is better than millions of dollars. I
and the and the business service manager Sarah Williams have made
arrangement to get your $26.1m DELIVERED TO YOU through our united
nation diplomatic delivery service.

The reason while we do this it is because according to information
gathered from our data base, you have been waiting for a long time to
receive your money without success. As i also found out that you have
almost met all the statutory requirements of Bank of America. Your
problem is that of interest groups. A lot of people are Interested in
your payment and those people are merely doing paper works with you
and not straight forward with you.

For security reasons do not tell anybody of this arrangement until you
receive cash in your in your hand through the united nation delivery
process. The diplomat will help me, so we do not have any problem.

We have concluded that you must compensate us with five hundred
thousand United States dollars US500, 000.00 dollars) as soon as you
receive your money. to this effect, you will send us a promissory note
for five hundred thousand united states dollar (US500,000.00 dollars)
along with your address for sending the box by courier.

Please maintain top most secrecy as it may cause a lot of problems if
found out that we are using this way to help you. do not ever tell
anybody about this until you have your money.

For documentation, kindly forward your contact details and your
telephone number.

I await your response

Yours Faithfully
Mr. Paul D. Donofrio
Chief Financier Officer
Bank of America

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