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"Bank of America" Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers

Bank of America Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers

The fake "Bank of America" email below is an advance-fee scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.

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A "Bank of America" Advance-Fee Scam

From: Bank of America - baakkoffamericaa1.1@comet.ocn.ne.jp

Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 11:35 PM

Subject: THANKS as we wait to hear from you soon.

Bank Of America.Corporate Office Headquarters.

100 N. San Francisco-Oakland, California 28255 USA.

Our Ref: BOA/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/011

Working Hours: 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)

Hello our dear Beneficialy' how are you doing today?how

A compensatioth $35 million us dollars that were said to belong to you was transferred to our bank corporate headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 last month 21st by the management of the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (I.M.F) Benin republic branch under the authority of MR. Eliot Gold of Florida. I would have informed you of this since last month but I was too busy attending to our numerous customers. For these funds to be transferred to your private account you will have to re-confirm us with your full information including your bank details were the ineterest of this fund will be transfer to you.

THANKS as we wait to hear from you soon.

God bless America.

Sheri B. Bronstein,

Bank of America®

Email: baakkoffamericaa@gmail.com

Phone number for text massage only: +19704142497

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Aug 20, 2020 at 12:14 AM by
"Bank of America" Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers
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"From: Infor From Bank Of America
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 07:48:35 AM EDT
Subject: Attention: Customer Your Fund Transfer $2.8MILLION,

Bank of America New York Head Office of (Paying Bank)
Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is a 1,200 ft
(366 m) skyscraper in the Midtown district of Manhattan
in New York City, in the United States.
boanewyorkboa-gmail.com

Attention: Customer Your Fund Transfer $2.8MILLION,

We are hereby officially notify you concerning your fund telegraphic,Transfer through our bank, Bank of America, New York, to your bank account, which has been officially approved by the management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) to credit the sum of US$$2.8MILLION, into your bank account. This fund was part of the lodged Late President Saddam Hussein of Iraq discovery fund with World Bank of Switzerland, which the Swiss Bank has decided to distribute it generously to help few lucky individuals and the American Government is in agreement with the Swiss Bank to distribute the fund to 700 hundred thousand people in America, Europe & Asia in other to help improve their businesses

These are the information we needed to be reconfirmed by you.and you are advise to reply here ( boanewyorkboa-gmail.com ) as soon as you get this message for the immediately process to transfer the money into your bank account once the information is provide by you,

1.Your full name
2.Your Direct Cell
3.Your address

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Peter John Brady,"

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May 7, 2020 at 9:48 PM by
"Bank of America" Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

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"Bank of America Corporate Office Headquarters
100 N.Tryon St Charlotte,NC 28255 United States of America
Our Ref:BOA/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/019

Attn:Dear Esteemed Beneficiary

We the Bank of America are using this message content to appeal for the inconveniences that is surrounding your compensated funds Remittance of $10.500.000.00 in our custody, we held meeting yesterday concerning the problem affecting your funds in our care and after all deliberation, we the Panels came together in agreement to settle your unpaid sum through our card system. The debit card can be used on any ATM machine all over the world or you can go to your bank to off-load the funds

To this effect, you are to contact us with the details below for the immediate verification/authentication of the release of your funds

Full Name..
Home Address..
Age/Occupation..
Valid Phone number..
Country/State..
Any Of Your Identity Card..

This payment has been stalled for years and if you are still interested to claim your fund, please contact me back for immediate payment of this overdue contract sum to you.Do not fail to contact me if you have any questions

Thanks for banking with Bank of America while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our service.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.DONALD JOHNSON
Bank of America®
Corporate Office Headquarters,Charlotte,N.C.
Bank of America"

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Oct 9, 2019 at 11:58 AM by
"Bank of America" Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers
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Here is another scam:
"From: Christine P. Katziff
Sent: 08 October 2019 20:06
Subject: Corporate General Auditor (BOA)

Bank of America Financial Center
Metro Center Station 700 13th St NW,
Washington, DC 20005, United States
Office of Ms. Christine P. Katziff
Corporate General Auditor (BOA)
Wire Transfer & Audit Department

Dear,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your email and to notify you that I have taken my time to work out all the modalities that will empower me to initiate the transfer of your inheritance part-payment of $7,000.000.00 without getting myself into any kind of trouble but before I proceed, I request and plead with you to keep all our correspondence very confidential till you have confirmed your funds in your possession.

Please, I have secretly opened conversation with the U.S. Department of The Treasury with our bank's accredited attorney and they promised to give me a fund transfer approval Clearance that will empower me to make the transfer to your account without any hitch.

I hereby advise you to forward your full names, residential address, 4x4 passport photograph and copy of any utility bill paid in your name.

Bank Names:
Bank Address:
Bank Account No:
Bank Account Names:
Swift No:
Routing No:

I await your urgent response.

Thanks and remain richly blessed.

Christine P. Katziff
Corporate General Auditor
Bank of America Financial Center"

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Oct 7, 2019 at 3:51 PM by
"Bank of America" Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers
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Here is another scam:
"From: Christine P. Katziff
Sent: 07 October 2019 19:26
To: Recipients
Subject: Bank of America Financial Center

Bank of America Financial Center
Metro Center Station 700 13th St NW,
Washington, DC 20005, United States
Office of Ms. Christine P. Katziff
Corporate General Auditor (BOA)
Wire Transfer & Audit Department

Attention:

I am Ms. Christine P. Katziff, Corporate General Auditor, Bank of America.
Be informed of the arrival and availability of your long awaiting inheritance fund Part Payment value, ($7, 000,000.00) only as received.
This occurred on the January 21st 2019, through great effort by the USA Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). But our Bank Board of Directors, refused to get you informed for reasons best known to them, which I believe, must be selfish interest.

I made my research in our Bank database and confirmed I can wire the fund to your choice of Bank account and have the wire tracer wiped out from the system, where the fund wire transfer cannot be traced to your Bank account by any Financial Authority.

Therefore, I urge you to trust my skill and assure me the absolute confidentiality of this information, and I will have your fund wired via the fastest method of wire transfer, (MT202 Cov), If you agree or can trust my skill on this matter, reconfirm your details as listed bellow, and I will transfer your fund as you will confirm it in your Bank account same day.

If you have any doubt or negative thought about this, please, don't bother to reply this message, I cannot persuade you, I am only here to exercise my hatred on cheating and cheaters, using my perfect professional skill.

Be assured of a successful completion of this deal upon adhering to my directives by acting at the right time where necessary.

No INTERFERENCE from the Government or any Financial Authorities, no one will have the right to intervene on the transaction following my perfect plans to make it happen.

Reconfirm the following details to enable us commence on the process immediately.

Your Full Names:
Your Current Home Address:
Your Direct Cell:
Your Current Occupation:

Bank Names:
Bank Address:
Bank Account No:
Bank Account Names:
Swift No:
Routing No:

Christine P. Katziff
Corporate General Auditor
Bank of America Financial Center
christinekatziff-outlook.com"

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Jul 24, 2019 at 8:41 PM by
"Bank of America" Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers
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"From: Bank of America
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:30:51 0430
Subject: Notification Update Of Your Inheritance Fund Worth The Sum Of $35musd

Bank Of America.Corporate Office Headquarters.
100 N. San Francisco-Oakland, California 28255 USA.
Our Ref: BOA/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/011
Working Hours: 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)

Notification Update Of Your Inheritance Fund Worth The Sum Of
$35,000,000.00 ( Thirty Five Million United State Dollars ) With This
Bank.

Attention: Beneficiary,

Please Pay Attention,This is an urgent notification payment update
which will be a great help to you in receiving your unclaimed
inheritance fund which you abandon with this Bank for long that has
been approved for your immediate payment, I saw a file last week in
your name with all your information from our central computer stating
that abandoned fund worth of $35,000,000.00 ( Thirty five Million
United state Dollars ) belongs to you, I want to know from you the
reason why you abandoned such big amount of fund here in our bank for
long up til this moment without any claim by you the beneficiary.
After a brief meeting held by the Bank executives yesterday at
precisely 8 a.m. 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 due to your
inability to complete the transaction and your failure to meet up with
a minor payment obligation.

...

Secondly, I also want to notify you that we received a payment
information today from the the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BENIN (IMF)
through Dr. Akpu OGU the director in charge of approving the
OWNERSHIP CLEARANCE APPROVED CERTIFICATE to you which is below is the
info for you to use in sending the document fee of $80 today to there
office in BENIN via either RIA, or Money Gram,

RECEIVERS NAME: AKPU OGU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY: COTONOU
AMOUNT TO PAY: $80 DOLLARS

MTCN/REFERENCE NUMBERS.
SENDERS NAME AND ADDRESS

We encourage you to Treat this matter as urgent today by sending the
fee needed for the approving the OWNERSHIP CLEARANCE APPROVED
CERTIFICATE to you from the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BENIN (IMF)
and send the document fee of $80 to him today for the approving of the
document to you for us to transfer your fund into your account,We hope
to hear from you today.

Regards,
headquartersbankofamericaoffice-aol.com
Sheri B. Bronstein,
Bank of America"

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Jul 23, 2019 at 8:24 PM by
"Bank of America" Advance-fee Scam Sent by Scammers
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"From: Christine P. Katziff
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 1:07 AM
Subject: YOUR FUND IS READY

Bank of America Financial Center
Metro Center Station 700 13th St NW,
Washington, DC 20005, United States
Office of Ms. Christine P. Katziff
Corporate General Auditor (BOA)
Wire Transfer & Audit Department
Email:chris2pkatziffc-gmail.com.

Attention Beneficiary,

I am Ms. Christine P. Katziff, Corporate General Auditor, Bank of America. Be informed of the arrival and availability of your long awaiting inheritance fund giving by World Bank and United Nations, Part Payment value,($25, 000,000.00) only as received. This occurred on the May 4th 2019, through great effort by the USA Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). But our Bank (BOA) Board of Directors, refused to get you informed for reasons best known to them, which I believe, must be selfish interest.

I made my research in our Bank database and confirmed I can upload the fund to an ATM VISA CARD and have the card ship to your address and wiped it out from our central system, where the your fund cannot be traced by Financial Authority.

Therefore, I urge you to trust my skill and assure me the absolute confidentiality of this information, and I will have your fund upload in an ATM CARD via the fastest method of ATM uploading method, (MT202 Cov), If you agree or can trust my skill on this matter, reconfirm your details as listed below, and I will upload your fund as you will confirm it ship to you immediately.

If you have any doubt or negative thought about this, please, don't bother to reply this message, I cannot persuade you, I am only here to exercise my hatred on cheating and cheaters of your money, using my perfect professional skill. Be assured of a successful completion of this deal upon adhering to my directives by acting at the right time where necessary.

Reconfirm the following details via email (katziffchris22-yahoo.com) to enable me commence on the process immediately.

Your Full Names:
Your Current Home Address:
Zip Code:
Your Direct Cell:
Your Current Occupation:

Christine P. Katziff
Corporate General Auditor
Bank of America Financial Center
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