419 scam: "Mr. Gordon Green"<gordongreen11@gmail.com> Compensation Payment Directive !!!

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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:

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:
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031841631 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Gordon Green" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gordongreen@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:30:16 -0700
Subject: Compensation Payment Directive !!!

ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES IN COLLABRATION WITH UNITED NATIONS 2008/2009 COMPENSATION PAYMENT DIRECTIVE.

ATTN: Sir/madam,

SCAMMED VICTIM/ BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENT CODE: 06654.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to the Economic community of West African States to pay 100 scammed Foreign 419 victims fifty thousand United States Dollars each, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims. Get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate procession of your compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last ECOWAS meetings held at Lome, in Republic of Togo, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meeting on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating syndicates all over the West African States, Europe and Asia today, in other to retain the good image of the Africa Nation, the president of this Organization with its member countries is now paying 100 victims the sum of fifty thousand United States Dollars each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Africa, the payments are to be paid by offshore payment centres all over the world as corresponding paying bank in London .

According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries have been paid of which half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 16 left to be paid the compensation of fifty thousand United States Dollars each. Your particulars was mentioned by some of the syndicates who was arrested in some parts of West Africa as one of the victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever.

Due to the process of bank transfers we have agreed to settle all scam victims through the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) or International Bank Draft.

Note that you’re to put your reference number in all your corresponding emails to us.
As we receive your return email towards processing your compensation.

You cn also contact my assistance in United Nations office in London, Mr.Steinberg Bill. P on Telephone number +447031841631.

Executive Director,
Mr. Gordon Green.

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