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An Email with the Subject "Please note" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:28:52 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "BANK OF ENGLAND"<bklow@fp-group.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
NEMAT SHAFIK BANK OF ENGLAND THREADNEEDLE ST., LONDON EC2R 8AH UNITED KINGDOM This is to inform you that we have received a payment instruction from Mr. Chan Tak Kin, a Citizen of China demanding that we should transfer your funds to him, the sum of US$14,600,000.00Million as you have given him the mandate and authorization for him to receive your funds interest of US$14.6Million.Note that he has given us a bank account in Hong-Kong China, where we will transfer your funds to him without delay. Bank of China (Hong Kong) 25 Wu Pak Street, Aberdeen, HK Account Name: Chan Tak Kin Swift code: BKCHHKHHCLS Routing number: 026003269 Account number: 012-879-6-034422-0 Please, find his passport attached in this email for you to verify and identify if you have truly instructed and directed him to receive your funds in Hong-Kong.We have informed him to get an official Power of Authorization from you, before we will release the funds to him, which we are still waiting for.However, we want to inform you that, you have within the next five (5) official working days to get back to us on this notice or we will release the funds to him. Yours truly, Nemat Shafik Bank of England Threadneedle St, London EC2R 8AH, United Kingdom