The next step.... see below for the previous events:
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
OFFICE OF THE HEAD OPERATIONS AND SERVICES
#54 BB Building, Unit 3924, 9th Floor, Sukhumvit
21 Asoke Klong Toey, Wattana,Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
Tell: +66 - 860777832 OR +66 - 803029762
E-mail: fsa@fundreleaseorder.org
Dear Mark Rajendran Navamani,
We are in receipt of your e-mail in which you have indicated your interest in our legal services. The Fund Release Order is a document required by most Financial Institutions here in Thailand for the Legalization of Claims, we wish to inform you that the Fund Release Order Certificate is a Mandatory document which must be submitted to the Standard Chartered Bank before any transaction can be made to you. It will legalizes your award and gives the Standard Chartered Bank the constitutional right to release the Award sum to you without any complication from the Thailand Government.
We have also carried out some investigations on your Award as a Letter of Reference sent to us from the Dtac company Ltd here in Thailand we are hereby to inform you that your winning prize is totally Legitimate and currently deposited with the Standard Chartered Bank of Thailand, your winning prize will be officially transferred to your account as soon as you submit the Fund Release Order certificate to the Standard Chartered Bank Plc Thailand.
According to the Government rules and regulation and approval to obtain this legal document, you are required to complete the payment of the following processing charges to us before we can issue out the document to you, this fund release order certificate will Guarantee you out of money laundering activities according to the international money transfer law it also legalize your award and empower the Standard Chartered Bank Plc to transfer the winning prize to your account without any complication from the Thailand Government.
Certification Charge: 27,796.50 Thailand Baht
Endorsement Fee: 13,400.80 Thailand Baht
Attestation Fee: 5,747.90 Thailand Baht
According to the approval instruction to obtain this certificate, If you come to our office here in Thailand to obtain this document, you will be responsible for the Certification Charge of (27,796.50 THB) Thailand Baht only which is equivalent to (121,064.35 LKR) Sri Lankan Rupee that is the official payment of the approval Document. If you wish to apply online due to you are unable to travel to Thailand, you will be responsible for the total charges of (46,945.20 THB) Thailand Baht which is equivalent to (200,891.00 LKR) Sri Lankan Rupee being payment for the Certification charges, Endorsement charges and Attestation Charges.
All payments can be made to us through any of the following means;
- Money Gram Transfer.
- Western Union Money Transfer.
- Bank Wire/Telegraphic Transfer
- Hundi Money Transfer
As soon as we confirm your selected option of payment and your FRO application form, we shall provide you with the full payment details and directives regarding how to make the payment to us.
Attached to this e-mail is a scanned copy of the FRO Application form. You are required to complete section (I) only, scan the form and return it to us . You will receive the fund release order certificate within 3 working hours from our receipt of your payment and completed Application Form.
Yours in Service,
Mr. Photchaman Ymcharoen
E-mail: fsa@fundreleaseorder.org
Tell: +66 - 860777832 OR +66 - 803029762
( FSA Chairman & Head Of Operations Bangkok Thailand)
So what did I do? Like a good boy I started thinking how I can find the money....and like a cunning boy, I wrote asking if the fees cannot be deducted from the prize money.....
The reply?
Well... here it is:
No. 319 Chamchuri Square Building, 22 - 41 Fl., Phayathai Road , Pathumwan, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
Dear Mark Rajendran Navamani,
We acknowledge your email regarding the Fund Release Order processing charges, we have officially contacted the Financial Services Authority regarding the above process, it was approved that the issuance certificate will not be issued to you without the clearance of the financial services authority Thailand, please kindly note that the fund release order certificate will empower the standard chartered bank to transferred the winning prize to your destination account without any complication from the Thailand government.
FRO certificate is the only remaining document that will empower the international remittance of your winning prize, please this is the legal procedures of the claim to avoid any complication which may lead to interrogation from the international monitory fund (IMF) Money Laundering activities. Please kindly note that oath of 1961 which was amended in 2001 Thailand law constitution, we are not allowed to deduct any fund from the beneficiary account under the standard chartered Bank Plc Thailand, any individual or company who did so will be called to law and charge to court according to the Thailand constitution.
Based on the instruction of the financial services authority, your winning prize will be automatically transferred to your personal account within seven working hours after the confirmation of the FRO certificate it will empower the Standard Chartered Bank to transfer the fund to your account without any complication from the international monitory fund (IMF) Unit Bangkok Thailand.
Please kindly note that this is the official charges of the legal winner, before the certificate can be issued to you we advise you to contact the Financial Services Authority and choose your option regarding how to make the payment to them. We are not permitted to deduct any fund from your winning prize until all the formalities of the claims is totally complete please we advise you to arrange for the fund and transfer to them immediately to enable them issued the authorization certificate to you without any complication from the Thailand Government regarding your winning prize
Do not hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any difficulties understanding the process as I will always be here to guide you regarding the process.
Kind Regards,
Mr. Jon Eddy Abdullah
Tel: +66-843834036
(Chief Executive Officer Dtac Telecom Company Limited Thailand).
The end result? Still the story goes on.....more next week. But for those who want to know how it ended, IT WAS A SCAM
