Narinukun

What you possibly have in your possession is a Lao 10,000 kip note... Unfortunately Lao currency is not exchangeable in most Thai banks...

Can you post the headers / technical Info from the Email ? (With your personal Info removed of course)

Unfortunately I have deleted the email... but a colleague has also received several of these as well and I will try and post it here soon.

The IP that the email originated from was definitely one of those belonging to TOTisp, Chaeng Wattana...I checked it myself...

In the email is a button that asks you to 'Check Past Activity'

This then takes you to a page that is definitely NOT Microsoft.

Before you can procede to use any of the functionality of the webpage, you have to login with your email name and password...

Ergo my assumption that this is a phishing scam...

If you receive one of these, be cautious...

It looks like a phishing exercise...

It originated from TOT on Chaeng Wattana Road... or so the IP says...

Baidu has been hacked several times and could possibly be the culprit when it comes to viruses and low performing PCs...

Baidu is Chinese owned and it is known that they share information that they glean from their products with government agencies... as does Google, Microsoft etc etc

Sometimes it pays to read the 'Terms of Use' when downloading these products... as banal an exercise it might be...

Hi

Your friend is in urgent need of consular help.

You are correct, that Immigration and the Royal Thai Police can at times be ambiguous and ambivalent about how these issues potentially will affect a foreigner.

Make no mistake about it, you friend is in trouble. At the very least they will not allow him back in Thailand and at the worst he could end up in a Thai prison.

Because the 'interpretations' of regulations differ from Immigration office to Immigration office, I suggest you immediately contact your friend's country of origin Embassy and ask for intervention and representation.

Please do not rely on the hearsay of one or more individuals.

Make sure your friend and yourself get as much information as possible from Immigration about the process (see the officers down at the main office at Immigration Division 1, Chaeng Wattana), so you are fully informed of any potential contingencies that may arise from his current situation.

But first, go and talk to his Embassy's officials and see what they can do on his behalf.

Good luck with this...