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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: RBS <test@test.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:57:19 +0000
Subject: Attention Required


=

Royal Bank of Scotland =


Dear Customer,
While performing customers account maintenance and verification procedures=
, we have detected a slight error on your account billing information. We h=
ave been trying to contact you. However, we are unable to reach you. To pro=
tect all customers personal information and financial assets against unauth=
orised use at no cost, we have temporarily restricted access to your accoun=
t and certain features within our online banking system. Such as (Receive p=
ayments, Make payments or withdraw funds). As a security measures.
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 unrecognised machine or device.
4. too many incorrect login attempts.
In-order to safeguard your account and financial assets against unauthoris=
ed use at no cost, we require you to confirm and verify your account billin=
g information with us immediately. This will help us in safeguarding your a=
ccount & personal information from unauthorised access in future. If you ar=
e unable to complete our request within 48 hours, please contact us immedia=
tely or visit your local branch.
Get Started
Please note: Failure to comply with our account verification process may l=
ead to temporary suspension of access to our online and telephone banking s=
ervice.
How does it work?
If we detect a sign in with your user name from another country we may dec=
ide that we want to confirm that it's really you. You must complete all ste=
ps otherwise you will not be able to use the online service until we have c=
ompleted additional security checks.
Best regards,
RBS Online Security Team.

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