419 scam: "Mr Somchai Bombert" <mrsomchai3@hotmail.com> Esteemed compliments!!

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- mrsomchai2@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Somchai Bombert" <mrsomchai3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsomchai2@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:06:00 -0600
Subject: Esteemed compliments!!

Dear Friend,

Esteemed compliments!!

Firstly, I am a happily married man with 3 kids and therefore I would not
want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that
will give my family a secured future.

My name is Mr.Somchai Bombert , I am the Regional manager of Bank here in
Thailand . I got your information during my search through address
journal. I am 48 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids. It may
interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, but
I don't know how you will feel about this, but I am telling you that this
is real and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with
me. I only hope we can assist each other. But if you don't want this
business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the Regional manager of the Bank ; It is my duty to send in a financial
report to my head office in Bangkok at the end of each year. On the course
of the last year 2012 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in
which I am the Manager made Ten Million United State Dollars( $
10,000,000,00 ) which my head office are not aware of and will never be
aware of, Nor must they know that I am involved in this transaction.

I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to
this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you
can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE.
While you will have 40% of the total fund.

Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank
transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor
of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office
can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this
offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I
receive your kind response, I will give you details on how we can achieve
it successfully.

Please contact me through my alternetive email:
mrsomchai2@hotmail.com

Best Regards
Mr Somchai Bombert

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