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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> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:01:44 GMT
Subject: Your account has been restricted untiI we hear from you

Dear Customer,

We have detected a slight error & irregular activities on your account information. We have been trying to contact you. However, we are unable to reach you.

For security reasons access to your account has been restricted. Restricted account will not be able to (Receive payments, Make payments or withdraw funds).

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

• A recent change in your personal information. (eg: address, phone)
• Submitting incorrect information during online payment process
• Submitting incorrect information during login process
• Logging from an unrecognised machine or device

Due to this, to ensure that your service has not been interrupted, we require you to complete our account verification process. This will help us in safeguarding your account & personal information from unauthorised access in future.

https://www.nwolb.com/default.aspx/refererident/NatWest2018AccReview11

Please Note: If your account information is not confirmed and verified within a certain period of time then your ability to access your account would become restricted. If you are unable to complete our request within 24 hours, please contact us immediately or visit one of our local branches.

How does it work?

If we detect a sign in attempt with your user name from an unrecognised device we may decide that we want to confirm that it's really you. You must complete all steps otherwise you will not be able to use the online service.

National Westminster Bank Online and mobile banking Security Team.

Calls may be recorded.

Anti-fraud resources: