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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: "RBS" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:43:11 +0100
Subject: Alert

Image result for rbs

Dear Customer,

The Royal Bank of Scotland is constantly working to increase security for online banking users. To ensure the integrity of our online payment & billing record, we periodically review accounts for security purposes and to verify billing information.

We have been trying to contact you. To inform you that your account has been placed on hold due to possible errors dectected with your Customer Number & billing record. Restricted accounts will not be able to (Receive payments, Make payments or withdraw funds).

To ensure that your service is not interrupt, we request you to confirm and update your account billing information by following the reference giving below.

Login

This is a procedure that automatically occur when an invalid information is submitted during the online log in process.

Please note: If your account information is not confirmed and verified within a certain period of time then your ability to access your account would become permanently suspended.

Best regards,

© 2005-2017 The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

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