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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: "Mr Kasikorn Bank" <mrbanthoonlamsam072@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 01:34:45 +0800
Subject: Urgent Update.

KASIKORN BANK PCL,BANGKOK THAILAND
400/22, Phayatai Rd, Sam Sen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand
CONTACT PERSON: MR. BANTHOON LAMSAM
DIRECT TEL: + (66)9012-82-522
Fax: +(66) 86758-6662
Ref: KSTHBK/004-THBK
Date: 24th of July,2019

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

We receive your message , and being inform that your Payment Slip with
your Pin and Transfer Access Code is ready to release to you before end of this week, so that you can submit these
codes and your payment slip to your bank, they will credit your account without delay.

You are hereby advised to fill the form to enable us cross check your payment file before the Payment Slip with your
Pin and Transfer Access Code will be issued to you to avoid release the pin code to wrong person.

THIS FORM BELOW SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE PAYMENT.

TITLE: Mr./Mrs./Miss

FIRST NAME.......................... ..............................
...................

LAST NAME.......................... ..............................
....................

REFERENCE NUMBER........................
.............................. ..........

CONTRACT/INHERITANCE.......... ..............................
............................ ..

CONTACT / ADDRESS.......................
.............................. ...........

COUNTRY....................... ..............................
.........................

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH......................... ...........................

SEX .............................. ..............................
........................

TEL NO............................ ..............................
.......................

MOBILE NO ..............................
.............................. ..............

FAX NO............................ ..............................
.......................

AMOUNT .............................. .............................. ..........

OCCUPATION.................... ..............................
.......................

DECLARATION:

DATE.......................... ....

ACCEPT OUR CONGRATULATIONS

Expecting your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,

MR.BANTHOON LAMSAM
MANAGING DIRECTOR K-BANK PCL

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