419 scam: "Mr David I. McKay" <whitehousewashinton@gmail.com> Royal Bank of Canada

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr David I. McKay" <whitehousewashinton@gmail.com>
Reply-To: royalbankofcanada790@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 05:11:20 -0800
Subject: Royal Bank of Canada

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to
pay you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you could
not complete the process of
the released of your transfer pin code through the Digitized Payment System.
make sure you receive your fund and after set and done your received
nothing. We have decided to pay your funds through (Bank Wire
Transfer) This arrangement was
initiated/constituted by the World Bank, United Nation and Paris Club,
due to fraudulent activities going on within the world.
The World Bank, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment
arrangement as to enable our Contract ,Winning Prize,inheritance
beneficiary to receive their
fund without any interference. the Royal Bank of Canada was
contracted and powered by United Nation.
Your total fund is sum of$47,000.000.00 CAD(forty-seven Million
Canada Dollars), we are ready to transfer your fund to your posnal
Bank account
you can send us any of your account so we can transfer your fund.

Your full correct Name.......
Home Address.......
Country.........
Current occupation.......
Cell Phone Number.......
Email Address.......
Your Bank Name......
Your Account Number.....
Bank Addresses .......
and also attach me a scan copy of your identity card so that i will
recognize you.
Best Regards
Mr David I. McKay
Address: 10 York Mills Rd. 3rd Floor Toronto, ON M2P 0A2
assistant Tele +1 202 644 8356

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