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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "RBS" <info@rbs.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 01:09:39 +1200
Subject: Important Verification Update
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Dear customer
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We need your help resolving an issue with your credit card.
To give us time to work together on this, we've temporarily
limited what you can do with your account until the issue
is resolved.
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What's the problem?
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We noticed some unusual activity on your credit card account
during our regular update today. It is either your details have
been changed or incomplete
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How you can help
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It's usually pretty easy to take care of things like this. All you
have to do is to verify your credit card details by clicking on the refere=
nce link.
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LOG IN HERE
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Yours sincerely
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Chris Popple
Managing Director, Retail Banking =
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