419 scam: BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED <remittancedetp@126.com> Dear customer

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "remittencedepartment@barid.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED <remittancedetp@126.com>
Reply-To: <remittencedepartment@barid.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 08:53:20 +0000
Subject: Dear customer

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Dear customer,

We write to inform you that your fund deposited with us is still in a
dormant account. However, we received an application from Mr. D. Prakash,
he reported that you have given him the authorization to claim the fund on
your behalf. Nevertheless, he presented the below bank account information,
and he applied for a change of account through our audit control unit.

Bank name:SYNDICATEBANK
Bank address: EGMORE,CHENNAI-600008.TAMILNADU,INDIA
Account name : D.PRAKASH
Account number : 60142444092911
Swift code / Routing :SYNE0006014

Please verify the above bank account and give us the go ahead to transfer
the fund to your partners account, he also informed our audit control unit
through his application letter that both of you have agreed to invest the
money in India for a joint business which he sent a copy of this proposal,
but as a bank we cannot take a conclusion without hearing from you the
original fund beneficiary, though Mr. D. Prakash Agreed to pay every
outstanding charges that will enable the release of the fund to the above
bank account, and he also appealed for the change of name in the documents
we have in your file.

Kindly take note that we cannot afford to make any transfer to your partner
until you give us a written authorization, the reason is because we had
similar experience in the past and we cannot take any further risk no
matter how valuable the customer is.

This message is making it the sixth message we are sending to you without
any response, though your partner said that you do not want to deal with us
again because you handed over the transaction to him, but we still insist
that you must give us the written authorization, so you have to take note
that this is the last time we are writing you on this very issue.

We advise you to report back to this office before 48 banking hours for
further information Thanks for your understanding.

Yours Faithfully,

Piyada Sucharitkul (Miss)
remittencedepartment@barid.com
Tel: + (66)910425370
Facsimile: 026344961

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