419 scam: "Mr.Chia Jananukool" <mrwilliams@esrilanka.lk> Dear: Beneficiary

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "icbc bank" (not involved with lotteries)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Chia Jananukool" <mrwilliams@esrilanka.lk>
Reply-To: mrchiajananukool@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:59:47 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Dear: Beneficiary

Dear: Beneficiary

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today i am
Mr.Chia Jananukool the Director,International Remittance Department of
this Bank,my Boss,Charn Sophonpanich the Managing Director/CEO of this
Bank is now on compulsory leave and all power have been vested on me to
make all international payments.Also due to reported cases of corrupt
practices in other Thailand Banks including the Central Bank of
Thailand,the Royal Thailand government has revoked/can celled all power
vested on those Banks and have appointed our Bank (ICBC BANK OF THAILAND)
to make all foreign payments.Your USD$5M has been in this bank for many
years unclaimed because my boss Mr.Charn Sophonpanich have refused to tell
you the truth on how to claim your fund this is because he has been using
the interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich himself
without your knowledge.

By this method,you will open a Domiciliary account with this Bank (ICBC
BANK OF THAILAND) your fund would be lodged into this disciplinary account
and your fund will be paid in directly to any Bank of your choice.After
the Transfer has been made you will confirm the fund in your Bank account
within 5hours the same day.But the laws said you most pay for the
activation of the account.

The method which was introduced to you before is the Telegraphic Transfer
(TT) for which confirmation was 48hrs because of the time factor petitions
could come from various organizations stopping your payment and asking you
to pay huge fee which would be difficult for you to pay so that they can
benefit from the huge interest your fund generates while still in the
Bank.

This method is not safe for you because it is not done within the bank
alone as information of the payment would be sent to the Central Control
Unit (CCU) of the Royal Thailand Ministry and office of the Accountant
General of Thailand.

I want to assist you receive your US$5M before my boss resumes office.You
have to follow up and work with me now,so keep this very confidential
because of fraudsters and impostors who go about presenting various bank
accounts in order to divert another beneficiary's fund.Confirm to me
through this e-mail address,your present/valid account co-ordinates so
that We do not transfer your fund to the wrong Bank Account.

Awaiting your quick response.

Yours Truly,

Mr.Chia Jananukool

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