A phishing email that was NOT from the National Westminster Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recently I received an email which claimed to be from the National Westminster Bank in London. As shown above, its incredible subject line was Instruction to Credit Your Account with the Sum of (US $10 Million). There is no NatWest logo, and it came from a Gmail address. Similar bogus emails have appeared previously.  

 

The Fake emails (fraud guide) web page from NatWest has the following headings:

Is the greeting personal?

Check the grammar and spelling.

Be wary of links in the email.

Do they push you to act quickly?

They will threaten your account.

Is there a prize?

 

The greeting is impersonal, and the prize is huge. Both the grammar and spelling are suspicious, and the Capitalization is Peculiar, as with the very first paragraph:

 

“In the fight against corruption in the Banking system and in pursuit to re-build a good relationship with the British Government and the foreigners by the British Prime Minister.”

 

Later it also says United Nation rather than United Nations. I didn’t reply. Instead I had a good laugh.