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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: "TSB" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:14:28 -0000
Subject: Important Notice

Important Notice

Dear Customer,

To ensure the integrity of our online banking security system and protects all customers personal information & financial assets against unauthorized use at no cost.

We have simplified our online banking login page and updated our security system. While performing customers account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error on your account personal information's.

In-order to safeguard your account & to ensure that your service is not interrupt, We have temporarily suspended access to your account. Such as (Receive payments, Make payments or withdraw funds). Until account verification procedures as been confirm.

 
To continue using our online banking service, please complete our account verification process immediately. This should only take you a few minutes to complete and will help us in safeguarding your identity and your account personal information.
 
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Please note: Failure to comply with our account verification process may lead to temporary suspension of access to our online and telephone banking service.

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 additional security checks.

 
Yours sincerely,
TSB Online Banking Team
 

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