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There can't be anyone who hasn't has a spam email informing them that they're the benefactor of umpteen million quid from the death of a Nigerian prince / mysterious air crash / corrupt bank official or a lottery that you never entered.
Twenty-odd years ago they'd run along the lines of - "Give me all your banking details and a copy of your passport and I'll deposit lots of money into your account"
Perhaps the occasional gullible idiot did fall for it - after all the internet was all shiny & new and all the people using it were honest, trustworthy characters.
Nowadays thanks to publicity about identity theft, bank scams and the like everybody knows that you don't hand over bank details to the first person who asks for them - and the spam emails have become a little more subtle - instead of bank details you'll be asked to mail small (initially) sums of money - usually via Western Union - to release some fictitious document. Praise The Lard
So I was quite surprised to see this email lurking in my junk folder
Not only does it mention five different countries the return email has a thai country code
It should be preserved really - how scam emails used to look

Simon
Twenty-odd years ago they'd run along the lines of - "Give me all your banking details and a copy of your passport and I'll deposit lots of money into your account"
Perhaps the occasional gullible idiot did fall for it - after all the internet was all shiny & new and all the people using it were honest, trustworthy characters.
Nowadays thanks to publicity about identity theft, bank scams and the like everybody knows that you don't hand over bank details to the first person who asks for them - and the spam emails have become a little more subtle - instead of bank details you'll be asked to mail small (initially) sums of money - usually via Western Union - to release some fictitious document. Praise The Lard
So I was quite surprised to see this email lurking in my junk folder
From The Desk of: Mr. Scotte Cameron
Vice President
Home Equity Bank Of Canada
Attn: The Beneficiary,
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE.
We are hereby officially notify you concerning your fund telegraphic Transfer through our bank, Home Equity Bank Of Canada, to your bank account, which has been officially approved by the management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) to credit the sum of US$9.six Million into your bank account.
Note that I have started processing your payment and every thing concerning the immediate remittance of your funds will be carried out within the shortest possible time from the time we received your? Below needed information.
Also be informed that the Governor of Bank in London (BL) will sign on your payment advice and a copy of the advice will be sent to the World Bank in Swiss for some record purposes.
Meanwhile your information and your full contact details were received from our research manager, Barr. Charles Dan on your behalf to FRB for immediate release of your fund, This fund was part of the lodged Late President Saddam Hussein of Iraq discovery fund with World Bank of Switzerland, which the Swiss Bank has decided to distribute it generously to help few lucky individuals and the American Government is in agreement with the Swiss Bank to distribute the fund to 600 hundred thousand people in America, Europe & Asia in other to help improve their businesses due to Covid 19.
Therefore, reconfirm the aforesaid information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liable of any fund credited into an unknown account.
These are the information we needed to be reconfirmed by you.
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS,CITY,STATE AND COUNTRY.
3) PHONE,FAX AND MOBILE
4) COMPANY NAME(IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS
5) BANK DETAILS,
BANK NAMES,
ACCOUNT NO,
ROUTING NO,
SWIFT CODE
BANK ADDRESS.
6) PROFESSION,AGE AND MARITAL STATUS
7) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE
Finally, you are required to reconfirm directly to me the above information to enable me use it to process your bill of payment.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Scotte Cameron
Vice President Director, Credit /Telex
Not only does it mention five different countries the return email has a thai country code
It should be preserved really - how scam emails used to look
Simon