"Scotia Bank Online Transfer With The Ref" Scam

The fake "Scotia Bank Online Transfer With The Ref" email below is another scam created by online scammers to trick Scotia Bank customers into sending them goods. The fake email or scam tricks sellers into believing a payment was made by a buyer via Scotia Bank. The scam instructs the victims to send their goods to the so-called buyer before the payment can be transferred to their accounts. But, the actual buyer is the scammers, who will steal the goods and disappear once it has been shipped and delivered, then move on to another victim.

The "Scotia Bank Online Transfer With The Ref" Scam

From: "Scotia Bank ® Online" <scotiasbankonline@accountant.com>
Date: 2018-03-21 10:01 GMT+01:00
Subject: ***SCOTIA BANK ONLINE TRANSFER WITH THE REF# (SCN734983HDW)***
TRANSFER ORDER OF PAYMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED
Dear,
We honour to inform you that we had receive the transfer of (2830,00PLN) been paid to you by Lisa Smith for an Auction of item(s) and the payment has been Processed and Consequently been Approved.
Transaction ID: SCN734983HDW
Beneficiary Name:
Bank Name/Swift Code:
Bank PKO BP SA/BPKOPLPW
IBAN Number:
PL15102011690000890201528090
We have finished the procedure of the transferring of the full payment to your bank account but you have to ship out the item and send us the tracking number , for your shipment verification so that we can activate your bank account and the full payment of (2830,00PLN) will be transfer to your account from Scotia ® Bank directly to your bank account.
Information And Procedure For The Seller & Buyer
This payment has belong to the Seller and He/She is expected to go ahead and ship out item {s} to the designated address of the Buyer and contact us with the Shipment Posting Receipt/Tracking Number so that we can verify the shipment information and also for us to activate and credit the money into your bank account.
However , the payment will be credited and arrive into your account within 24-Hours immediately after you provide the shipment details to us and we are using this measure in order to protect both Seller and Buyer interest and to reduce the occurrence of fraudulent activities online.
Online Banking
For any enquiry : Contact and Submit the Shipment Document Receipt/Tracking Number to Scotia Bank Transfer department/Verification Dept. ® directly through the following e-mail : {scotiasbankonline@accountant.com}