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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. Chatri Sophonpanich" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bangkokbankonlineaccess@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 04:45:27 +0200
Subject: Attention: Officially Recognized Beneficiary.

From the desk of: Mr.Chatri Sophonpanich.
Bangkok Bank Thailand.
 
 
 
Attention: Officially Recognized Beneficiary of: US$15,500,000.00.
 
 
 
The Bangkok bank of Thailand financial authority during the meeting of today, the executive financial auditors unanimously resolved to include your full-name among the favored beneficiaries who will benefit from the huge funds earmarked for payments of long-overdue debts. Each of the favored beneficiaries will receive the sum of us$15.5million. The Bangkok Bank of Thailand will oversee the processes and affect the 'wire transfer execution' of funds into your account.
 
 
 
The Bangkok Bank of Thailand transmittal regulatory office shall protect you from any unexpected encumbrances on the funds' movement. This will further provide maximum protection to you as the beneficiary, and ensure easy reception of the funds into your destination account.
 
 
 
We await your urgent response.
 
 
 
Respectfully,
Mr. Chatri Sophonpanich.
Director, International Remittance
foreign operations dept,
Bangkok bank.
926, 4th floor Gpf Wittayu Tower Rd panhuman Bangkok,
Thailand 10330.
Phone: Tel: +66922198791
mobile: +66945719287

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