KAS BANK N.V., a Bank incorporated in the Netherlands, is supervised by the Dutch Central Bank (DNB), the Authority Financial Markets (AFM) and (for our UK activities) by the Financial Services Authority (UK) and (for our German activities) by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin). We are located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt am Main and London, and are primarily active in the securities industry.
We have no relation whatsoever with the people who illegally copied our corporate website www.kasbank.com. The illegal copy can be found at http://www.mykasnet.com/kas
Most of the links do not work, for example the outdated news on the homepage simply links to a page on 'strategy'.
Unfortunately, however, the contact page, which looks almost the same as the one on kasbank.com, is actually html. This page is used in 419 fraud.
What is 419 fraud?
In a socalled 419 fraud scheme, tons of e-mails are sent out, promising huge amounts of money. When someone who receives such spam e-mail, declares she/he is ready to accept the money (a lottery win, a scholarship, an inheritance, or whatever), he/she is asked to pay money upfront for bank account or legal costs. This upfront payment can be anything from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.
As soon as the money is paid, that is the end of the story. The huge amount of money is not transferred.
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