Is there any bank in UK in the name of Watling County Bank Plc & is it approved by the Govt?

Question

Is there any bank in UK in the name of Watling County Bank Plc & is it approved by the Govt?

Answer 1

I've never heard of it.

I bet you've received some email telling you that you've either won a lottery, or that someone wants to deposit funds in your bank account. Either way, they want you to give them your bank account details.

It is of course, 100% scam, designed to rob you!

I just checked it on Yahoo and there are lots of people who have received scam emails about this.

Answer 2

No. This is a scam. Likely they've told you that you've won a lottery that you didn't enter, that the funds are approved, but in the unlikely case that there are charges to pay you have to pay them upfront as they can't be taken out of your winnings? Does this not make you just a little suspicious? It's called Advance Fee Fraud, commonly known as the Nigerian 419 scam after that section of the Nigerian penal code. Junk the email and forget about it.