419 scam: "Mr. Pakpao Lee"<linksjjj@outlook.com> Did You Ask Mr.Johnson Edwary To Contact Us.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- cbnoffice55@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Pakpao Lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lothou3030k@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:04:35 +0200
Subject: Did You Ask Mr.Johnson Edwary To Contact Us.

Dear Sir/Madam,

How are you? What is keeping you from responding to our mails? We have reach in-conjuction with African banks, British bank and United Nation Standard Chartered Bank (Thailand) has been approved as the rightful bank that will handle all the out standing fund own by foreigners. So we have contacted you couple of times yet there was know response from you. Meanwhile I have received mail from Mr. Johnson Edwary saying that you ask him to contact us and claim your $6.8 Million is that true? Also he sent us a power of attorney stating that truly you ask him to claim your fund. Bellow are the bank account details he provided to us for the transferring of the fund.

Bank Name: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Bank Address: 200 Bay Street P.O. Box 1, Royal Bank Plaza Toronto, ON M5J 2J5 Canada.

Account Holder: JOHNSON EDWARY

Account No: 74527097777

Routing Number: 759rbc

Swift Code:xxb854

Please confirm to us if truly you are the one or not that ask him to contact us for the claiming of the fund. You are only advice to contact us on this email address ( cbnoffice55@consultant.com )

Mr. Pakpao Lee

Standard Chartered Bank (Thailand)

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