419 scam: "Royal Bank Of Scotland"<FRTLERT@USACE.ARMY.MIL> RE: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION !!!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447700011068

Fraud email example:

From: "Royal Bank Of Scotland" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsbeverlygreen119@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 18:21:29 -0400
Subject: RE: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION !!!

Royal Bank of Scotland
36 St. Andrew Square,
Edinburgh Scotland
EH2 2YB United Kingdom
Tel: +44 770 001 1068
Fax: +44 207 149 9841

RE: Way To Bank With Us:

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY: Beneficiary

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

In view of the payment notification we received from World Bank President
Jim Yong Kim & Board of Governors of IMF headed by Christian Lagarde
Concerning your payment from Reserve Fixed deposit Account they have with
us, we have received International Centre for Settlement of Contracts &
Investments Disputes (ICSID) which is an autonomous international
institution established under the United Nations (UN) Convention on the
Settlement of Contract Disputes, Inheritance, Lottery Winnings,
compensation, Loan, Automated Card
Payment, Diplomatic Payments etc.

During the auditing and verifying of your files it was discovered from the
Records of outstanding transfer's due for payment. Many officials
and some of your agents from the source origin of your fund have delayed
your payment for one reason or the other, from our
investigation; we discovered that you have been going through hard times by
paying a lot of money to see to the release of your funds,which has been
delayed by some dubious officials with greedy character just to sit undue
advantage of your fund because of your incapacitated
inability to access good and legitimate information on how your funds will
be released.

I want to use this medium to inform you that We have received new
authorization order of your fund release from the IMF, and World Bank
president to reflect and clear your total sum of GBP9.9Million Pounds in
your name bit by bit according to World Bank and IMF clearance approved
policy newly implemented.

This clearance requires your funds to be cleared and reconcile according to
international fund release bit by bit standard policy. This excise requires
you to come in person to Royal Bank Of Scotland UK if you want to.

This is the legal approval order to clear funds in order to avoid
interception of fund reflection by any financial monitoring agency
globally, for this reason we are going to use Inter-Bank to Bank Instrument
to transfer and reflect your fund into your bank account in less than 24hrs.

We advise that you reconfirm your account details with the below to avoid
unnecessary mistakes because bank will not be held responsible for wrong
transferring of funds into a wrong account.

1) Your Account Name...............

2) Your Bank Name.........................

3) Your Bank Address .....................

4) Your Bank Account Number..........

5) Your Bank Routing Number..............

6) Bank Swift Code...............................

7) Bank Telephone No............................

8) Account Type Personal/Checking/Cooperate.........

9) Account Holder's Address & Your Direct Cell Phone N0...............

10) Fax Number...............................

Once money is transferred we shall send you the payment slip and a
confirmation message will be sent to you so that you can confirm your funds
reflection after without any obstacles.

You are only paying for your International Payment Authorization Permit
Clearance Voucher of your funds; we are working according to IMF and World
Bank new fund release standard policy. We have different charges depending
the amount you would want to clear at the moment.

Find the analysis below as the charges were legally approved by IMF & World
Bank;

1) The sum of GBP9.9Million Pounds can be cleared with the official fee
of USD1,150.00 Only.

2) The sum of GBP7Million Pounds can be cleared with the official fee
of USD875.00 Only.

3) The sum of GBP5Million Pounds can be cleared with the official fee of
USD790.00 Only.

4) The sum of GBP3Million Pounds can be cleared with the official fee
of USD650.00 Only

5) The sum of $1.5million Pounds can be cleared with the official fee
of USD495.00 Only

6) The sum of GBP1Million Pounds can be cleared with the official fee of
USD375.00 Only.

Finally, the above analysis is the World Bank and IMF approved charges to
clear funds according to the volume you can afford, you have the
opportunity to choose the amount you can clear at the moment if you can
not afford the total fee to clear the whole of GBP9.9Million Pounds. It is
now left for you to clear the amount you can afford at the moment because
this is another great opportunity for you to bounce bank financially from
what you have suffered in the past from syndicate/scammer.

You are required to send the fee through WESTERN UNION or MONEY GRAM to the
payment confirmation officer in AUSTRALIA as stated below:

PAYMENT CONFIRMATION OFFICER NAME: ROBERT JAMES SCHOFIELD

ADDRESS: 21 HURLEYS LANE BRIBBAREE NSW 2594 AUSTRALIA.

NOTE: The amount you clear is what will automatically reflect into your
destination bank account in less than 24hrs.

Send the MTCN as soon as you observe the fee for the amount you can afford to clear
at the moment so that we can clear your funds immediately & reflect the amount into
your designated bank account without delay.

We are here to serve you diligently according to the approved policy
guiding your fund transfer into your destination bank account today.

Looking forward to your earliest response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Beverly Green
Royal Bank of Scotland London.
International Wire Transfer Dept

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