419 scam: Chalongrat Nakartit <secre001@gmail.com> Congratulations! You have been selected

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +66835892891 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- info-boa-th@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Chalongrat Nakartit <secre001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <info.nationalpost@post.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:06:52 +0700
Subject: Congratulations! You have been selected

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August 26th 2015

From the Office of the Director
Thailand Lottery
Congratulation!
Notification of award:

We are pleased to inform you that you have won the Thailand lottery
game sponsored by Honda Automobile Thailand Co., Ltd. Your e-mail
address was attached to ticket number 14 15 27 30 (10) of serial number
12443678901534-56. and consequently won in category x after the draw was
made with the lucky number 018792.

You have been approved for a lump sum payment of one million, five
hundred thousand dollars, in cash, credited to file REF NO.
HD0914/BKK/TH/2015 among others participants.

Winners were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000,000 names, from all over the world as part of our International
promotions program, which is conducted annually.

Your funds are now deposited with a Finance House and insured in your
name. You are advised to contact the finance house to claim your fund.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we asked that you keep this
prize strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your account.

To begin the claim process, please contact the officer in charge at the
finance house immediately:

Ms. Wanna Thamsirisup
Thailand lottery/security finance house
Bangkok
Tel/Fax: +66835892891
Email: info-boa-th@financier.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Contact the officer in charge not later than one
week from the receipt of this email.

Otherwise, all funds will be returned as unclaimed after that date.
Please, quote your reference number in your correspondences to the
officer. Should there be any change in your address inform the officer
at the bank promptly.

Congratulations from our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotion program.

Sincerely,
The office of the Managing Director
Thailand Lottery Department.

NB: Any breach of confidentiality will lead to automatic
disqualification of the winner.

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