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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: <vanbila@greenxxc.cn.tn>
Reply-To: <kasikornbankpcl.th@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:10:19 +0100
Subject: KASIKORN BANK LIMITED BANGKOK THAILAND

1 Soi Rat Burana 27/1, Rat
Burana Road, Rat Burana Sub-District,
Rat Burana District, Bangkok
10140, Thailand
Kasikorn Bank, "We Focus on You"


Dear Sir,

We receive a telex confirmation to contact you and transfer 3.5M Untied States Dollars to your account after due process and confirmation that you
are the rightful beneficiary to compensate. With due respect sir, the telex confirmation stated, that our Bank should release the sum of U$3.5M
to you as a compensation via our Bank Here in Thailand.

Therefore, we request that you furnish this Bank with the following requirements for processing of your fund. It will interest you to know that the telex is from a Bank Head Office, after final investigation by IMF(International Monitory Fund) and United Nation Organization which has just been concluded and it was discovered that you were among the beneficiaries that suffered lost and defrauded and yet to be compensated over the years now.

According to the message received, several efforts have been made to reach you with your address but to no avail because you refuse to respond back thinking they are the same people engage themselves in fraudulent activities, until recently when your contact file was discovered and forward to this Bank, Kasikorn Bank Limited Bangkok Thailand.

Therefore, you are to comply with our directive, once we open conversation with you. More so, you are to forward the following to this Bank for the
processing of your payment. most importantly the country where you are expecting your fund.

(1) Your Full Names
(2) Date of Birth
(3) Sex
(4) Country
(5) Occupation
(6) Direct Mobile Number
(7) Private E-mail Address
(8) Current Contact Address
(9) A copy of your Driver's license, International passport or any passport that you have

We are sorry for the in convince which you have pass through on this payment, but we appeal to you to bear with us and cooperate as we proceed
with the transfer process.

We assure you smoothly success in this matter. Please feel free to contact the undersign if you have any question

Thank you for your understanding.
Mr. Charles Chang
Management of Kasikorn Bank.
Bangkok- Thailand

SWIFT CODE: KASITHBK
Kasikornbank Service is our heart, so you can 'Leave everything in our Hands'.
KASIKORNBANK Towards Service Excellence.

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