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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: Lloyds Bank <noreply@mail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:11:28 +0100
Subject: Important Update


=

Dear Customer,
Please Note: Starting from 25th of June, we will be implementing new login=
authentication procedures in order to safeguard your account & personal in=
formation's. Part of these procedures will be the introduction of our two s=
tep authentication system which will prevent access to your account by a th=
ird party. To protect your account & debit card from unauthorised access, w=
e need to confirm your identity.
For your security, we have temporarily suspended access to your Online Ban=
king & Mobile Banking Service. In order for us to launch these new login au=
thentication procedures we require you to complete our account verification=
process this should only take you a few minutes to complete and will help =
us in safeguarding your account & personal information's.
Get Started
Please note: Failure to comply with our account verification process may l=
ead to temporary suspension of access to our online and telephone banking s=
ervice.
How does it work?
If we detect any unusual activity on your accounts, we may decide that we =
want to confirm that it's really you. You must complete all steps otherwise=
you will not be able to use the online service until we have completed add=
itional security checks.
Best regards,
Lloyds Bank Security Team

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