419 scam: "NATWEST BANK"<admin@SMBDANCE.COM> PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "from the desk of" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "NATWEST BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.natwestbankplc775@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:11:23 -0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

>From the desk of,
Mrs. Doris Lloyd,
Director Foreign Operation Department,
Natwest Bank Plc. London-England,

Attn; Sir/Madam,

May I humbly introduce myself to you, I am Mrs. Doris Lloyd, the Newly appointed director Foreign Remittance Department in the Natwest Bank of London.

While going through the foreign beneficiaries files on my desk, I discovered your information among the list of the beneficiaries that has not received their approved payment from this noble bank as was directed by the authorities, I also made further
inquiries and discovered that you have fulfilled all the necessary obligation that will enable you receive this payment, but all your efforts toward receiving this funds was abortive and to no avail.

Now I contacted the appropriate quarters to verify the reasons why your $10,500,000.00 funds was not released to you up till date, but there was no clear reasons nor explanations was given to me towards that effect.

On this note, I therefore concluded that your payment was unnecessarily delayed by some corrupt officials of the bank in collaboration with some agencies who has the intention of diverting your funds to their private account just to satisfy their selfish interest.

However, I apologize for the inconveniences you must have undergone in the pursuit of this funds, and now to redeem the reputation of this great bank and to deliver my duties effectively, I am hereby assuring you that your payment would be made to you within the next 48 hours upon reconfirming the bellowed details to us.

You are advised to furnish us with your residential address, your occupation, your telephone number and your passport copy for identification, these will enable us commence on your fund transfer, hence I have the mandate of delivering this duty in a timely manner.

Do get back to us immediately for our perusal.
Thanks in anticipation of your co-operation, while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our services.
Regards,
Mrs. Doris Lloyd,
For; And on behalf of the Natwest Bank of London.

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