419 scam: Royal Bank of Scotland <managerr@rbs.com> Inquiry

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Royal Bank of Scotland <managerr@rbs.com>
Reply-To: wire@swift-mail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:35:28 +0900
Subject: Inquiry

Hello,

Compliment of the Season.

I am Mr. Lee Gilbert and I am the manager (Royal Bank of Scotland) one of the leading banks in the UK.

I write seeking for your support and co-operation to carry out a transaction in our Bank. I discovered an abandoned sum $9,500,000(NINE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLAR) in a domiciliary account that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late Mr. Andreas Schranner) who died along-side his entire family, you can view the link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm).

Since this development, we have advertised for his next of kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money, but all possible to no avail.

To this effect, I now seek for your support to have you stand in as the next of kin to our deceased customer Late Mr. Andreas Schranner as I don't want this money to go into the Government Treasury as an unclaimed fund.

As an insider, I will assist you in this claim and also make provision for some banking documents to facilitate it.

Please get back to me now if you can handle this transaction and also provide me with your full names, address, age and phone number.

I wait for your response.

Regards,

Mr. Lee Gilbert

(Manager, RBS)

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