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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: "Royal Bank of Scotland plc " <sosmamma@ptvonline.it>
Reply-To: <Royal@zimbra-proxy.interno.ptv>, <Bank@zimbra-proxy.interno.ptv>,
<of@zimbra-proxy.interno.ptv>, <Scotland@zimbra-proxy.interno.ptv>,
<plc@zimbra-proxy.interno.ptv>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:15:44 +0100
Subject: Hi,





Hi,

Just a quick reminder that a payment is due on your RBS Credit Card within 1 day. You can make your payment by logging in to RBS Credit Card Online Services and then selecting Payments & Transfers.

rbscardservices.co.uk/logon

Please do not ignore this message if you've not made a payment since your last credit card statement.

To view your recent payments click here rbscardservcices.co.uk/payments.

Thank you for banking with us.

Paul Riley
Head of Credit Cards

Please do not reply to this email. It is for notification only as this mailbox cannot accept incoming mail. If you need to contact us then use the number on the back of your credit card. You can also find useful telephone numbers by going to www.rbs.co.uk/cardservices and selecting the 'Contact Us' link.

Important
Many internet users have recently been targeted through bogus emails by fraudsters claiming to be from the bank. These emails ask customers to provide their internet banking security details in order to reactivate their account or verify an email address. Please be on your guard against emails that request any of your security details. If you receive an email like this you should not respond. Please remember that, for security reasons, apart from when you create them at registration or when you change your Internet PIN or Password, we will only ever ask you to enter random characters from your Internet PIN and Password when you logon to this service. We would never ask you, by email, to enter (or record) these details and we would therefore request that you do not respond to emails asking for this information.

Disclaimer
This email was sent from a notification-only address that does not accept email replies. Please do not reply directly to this email.

Legal Information
This email message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please delete the message from your computer. Internet emails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent.

Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by the Royal Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate.

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Registered in Scotland No 90312.
Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB.

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