419 scam: "David I. McKay" <aaccessbankplc0@gmail.com> Thanks for banking with us ,

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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: "David I. McKay" <aaccessbankplc0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infobanking04@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:12:48 +0100
Subject: Thanks for banking with us ,

Thanks for banking with us ,

My name is Mr. David I. McKay, I'm the CEO Royal Bank , the reason why I'm
contacting you is to inform you about your funds here in our custody Royal
bank , which you have not received and we have sent several emails to you
regarding this fund and you have not responded back and I want you to know
that this will be the last notice we are going to send to you regarding
this fund and if you don't claim this fund now it will be cancelled and
move to Federal Reserve System account.

The reason for this mail is to inform you that Royal bank are now in charge
of transferring your compensation fund through new online banking and ATM
card. and you have to stop any communication with another office regarding
this fund if you're still interested to receive the total US$10.500,000

You are required to follow Royal bank instructions so that you will receive
your fund and you have only 72 hours to claim this fund or it will move to
a Federal Reserve System account and do not forgot to resend your name
phone address city ,

Thanks, yours faithfully,
Mr. David I. McKay
Royal banking executive president and CEO of the Royal Bank group,

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