Bank of America Phishing Scam - "YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR TRANSACTION TODAY"
The email message below with the subject: "YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR TRANSACTION TODAY," is fraudulent and you should not respond to it with your personal information. The email was created by cyber-criminals to trick the recipients into sending money, which the scammers claim are advance fees needed in order for money to be transferred to the recipients' accounts.
Remember, never send your personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message.
The Fraudulent Email Message
From: Bank Of America bankofamericaservice@ bank-of-america.com
Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 6:53 AM
Subject: YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR TRANSACTION TODAYWelcome to Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters
100 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28255
Our Ref:BOA/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/013
United States of America Monday-Friday8 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;,
The Management of the Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters here in 100 N. Tryon St Charlotte, NC 28255 wishes to inform you that after a brief meeting held by the Bank executives on, the 20th Day of February 2015 at precisely 8 am Eastern Daylight Time(EDT), we deem it appropriate to intimate you that your funds will be transferred into the United States Treasury Account with the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in New York according to the record we got from Africa due to your inability to complete the transaction and your failure to meet up with a minor payment obligation. The actual transfer of your funds ($15,500,000.00) into the government account comes up next week.
This is in line with the instructions of the USA Treasurer Mrs. Rosa Gumataotao Rios that all unclaimed funds be paid into the United States Government Treasury Account as serviceable funds in compliance to section 3 subsections 1(a) of the United States Financial Law enacted in 2004 after an attack on our dear country on September 11, 2004.
Find below the profile of the banking institution where your funds will be transferred into following the government directive;
Name of Bank: JP Morgan Chase Headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in New York. JP Morgan Chase Official Bankers for the United States Treasury Department
AC NO: 68302345093
Routing NO: 021109593Account Name: United States Treasury Department, USA
Note that if you still wish to receive your funds, there are still a little chance just do get back to us right now so that we will remove your funds transfer file from the list of those transactions to be seized by the United States Government. Also be informed that we need only a DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER (DIST) to complete the wire transfer. The fee to obtain the SEAL was reduced to $63 for those who wish to complete their transaction and no other fee is involved. You are required to send the fee of $63.00 by WESTERN UNION or MONEY GRAM to the issuing officer at the bank where your transaction originated as stated below:
REMITTANCE INFORMATION WITH THE OFFICE IN CHARGE OF THE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER(DIST) WHICH WILL BE OBTAIN WITH THE REQUIRED $63 ONLY AND YOU HAVE TO ACT FAST IN GETTING THE FEE SEND TO THE OFFICE AS YOU SEE BELOW AND UPDATE US ALONG WITH THE PAYMENT INFO OR THE TRANSFER SLIP FOR PROVE.
Receivers Name:.....
Country:......
City:....
Test Question:....
Answer ...
AMOUNT to send:...
Sender's name:.......
Telephone Number:
Office address: N0: 456 GOVERNMENT AVENUE REPUBLIC OF BENIN
Also reconfirm this information as below:
{1}. Your Full Name and Address.
{2}. Your Confidential Tel/Cell
{3}. Your Bank name and address.
{4{. Your A/c Name:
{5}. A/c Numbers:
{6}. Your Swift Code:
{7}. Routing Numbers:
{8}. Fax:Once we receive the MTCN today, we will transfer your funds ($15,500,000.00) before we close office and the funds will reflect to your account 3hours after the transfer. We will send you all the transfer documents to enable you start making cash withdrawals from your account immediately the funds are transferred. We have waited for so long and we cannot continue to wait if we don not hear from you today.
Yours faithfully,
MR. RICHARD BILL JR. (CEO)
Bank of America®
Corporate Office Headquarters Charlotte N.C.
Bank of America N.A. Member FDIC.
© 2015 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
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