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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: "TSB" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:30:46 +0100
Subject: Please Notice

Important Notice

You recently set-up a New Standing Order Payment on the 20th/July/2018. Due to an unrecognised log in attempts from two different devices (a PC, Laptop, Tablet or Mobile), within a short period of time.

We have been trying to contact you, However we are unable to reach you, for your security we have temporarily restricted access to your account and certain features within our online banking system such as (Receive payments, Make payments or withdraw funds) as a security measure.

 
In order for us to safeguard your account & personal information We require you to complete our account verification process this should only take you a few minutes to complete and will help us in safeguarding your account by a third party & unauthorised access in future.
 
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Please note: Failure to comply with our account verification process may lead to temporary suspension of access to our online and telephone banking service.
 
Best regards,
TSB Online Banking Team
 

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