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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: Royal Bank Of Scotland <alexandre.engloner@lepisc.com>
Reply-To: rbselectronicdept1@gmail.com
Date: 27 Jul 2022 17:55:44 -0700
Subject: Re: Payment Notification From Royal Bank OF Scotland

ATTENTION: Beneficiary

SIR/MADAM,

Notice is hereby served that we have received a memo from the
WORLD BANK In consideration of the legislative/legal resolution
reached with the other World Governing Bodies: The IMF, United
Nations Organization, World Bank Group, United States Government,
and the European Union Commission Committee on Financial and
Allied Matters following series of complaints and petitions
received from the FBI and The INTERPOL respectively over the non-
payment of foreign beneficiaries’ payments as at when due.

On this premise, you are advised to choose in either of the
options as stated below to enable us to compute the process and
complete the transfer of the fund to you.

1' Online Banking Transfer Option

The above option gives you the right as the Account/ Fund Owner
to access your fund online and conduct transfer to any
account of your choice through our Mobile Application.

2' Telegraphic Wire Transfer (T.W.T)
The fund will be transferred through our Telex Data Base
directly to any designated bank account of your choice

Once we read from you with any of the options you chose, we will
get back to you with further directives to enable you to compute
your details into our database and complete the release of this
fund to you without further delay.


Please confirm the receipt of this notification by sending a
return mail as early as possible.

Yours in service,

Ms. Christine Ashton
Royal Bank Of Scotland (RBS)

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