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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: "Mrs. Christine Katziff" <fateemaa842@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrschristinepkatziff@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 12:44:59 +0100
Subject: OVER DUEPAYMENT

Bank Of America Corporate Center
Address: 100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte,
North Carolina, 28202 U.S.
Payment Value: $36,500.000.00 USD
Founded: 1928,

Attn: Beneficiary,

Your ATM Card Will Be Shipped Through DHL
Express To Your Address:

I am Mrs. Christine P. Katziff by name, Chief Audit Executive Of Bank
Of America by profession.
You will get more information about me here:
https://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/christine-katziff

This is to inform you officially that after our investigations with
the help of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other Security Agencies in the USA for
the year 2022, we discovered that you have not received your
compensation funds valued $36.5 Million. I Just received a call from
Mr. Mike Parra, Director Of DHL Express that your ATM Visa Card valued
$36.5 Million Dollars which I sent to you from Bank Of America has
been returned back due to wrong address provided by you, I advise you
to reconfirm your Full Name and correct House address, Phone number,
Occupation and Age to enable us resend the compensation ATM Visa Card
to your house address immediately. You are advised to kindly reply to
this email with the above details enclosed to help us deliver your ATM
card with immediate effect, Please do provide the above information
accurately because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any
wrong delivery of an ATM Visa Card.

I am very sorry for the delay you have gone through in the past years.
Thanks for your cooperation as your quick response to this email
notice with adherence to the above instructions is highly anticipated.

Thank you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Christine P. Katziff,
Chief Audit Executive Officer,
Wire Transfer Department {WTD}
Bank Of America Office®
Address: 100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte,
North Carolina, 28202 United States.
..................................................................................
NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is
because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service
Provider, we (Bank of America) urge you to treat it genuinely

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