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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: National Westminster Bank <noreply@mail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:04:48 +0100
Subject: Please Notice


=

Dear Customer,
While performing customers account maintenance and verification procedures=
, we have detected a slight error in your account personal information. We =
have been trying to contact you. However, we are unable to reach you.
To ensure the integrity of our online banking system & to protect all cust=
omers personal information and financial assets against unauthorised use at=
no cost. 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). Until your identity has been confirm.
This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information. (eg: address, phone)
2. Submitting incorrect information during login process.
3. Logging from an unrecognized machine or device.
Due to this, In-order to safeguard your account & to ensure that your serv=
ice is not interrupted, we require you to confirm and verify your account i=
nformation with us immediately by following the reference button giving bel=
ow, this should only take you a few minutes to complete and will help us in=
safeguarding your account & personal information from unauthorised access =
in future.
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If your account information is not confirmed and verified within a certain=
period of time then your ability to access your account would become restr=
icted.
We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.
NatWest Bank Online Security Department


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