419 scam: "OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS"<wordpayment1@mighty.co.za> YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT

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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:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "economic financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- wordpayment17@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wordpayment17@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:13:10 -0500
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT

OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT
NIGERIA

Attention: Beneficiary

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file and we
discovered that you have not received your contract/inheritance fund from
Nigeria do to the Scam going on in Nigeria. We also found out that you have not
receive any payment since the American Government and Nigeria Government has
set aside Eight Hundred Billion United State Dollars (US$800,000,000.000.00)
only from the Ten Billion Dollars collected from fraudsters with the help of
the Economic Financial Crime Commissions both in London and Nigeria.

These include cash and frozen assess to compensate those who have been
attempted or victims of fraud by some imposters/fraudsters in Nigeria, London
and other part of the country. Hence we have decided to bring a solution to
your problem by arranging your payment through an accredited bank in Nigeria.
This is the latest instruction by the President UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) Federal
Republic of Nigeria and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in conjunction with
US Government.

Please do confirm if you will like to receive the fund (US$10, Million) by
sending us the below information.

1. Your Full Name and Address
2. Direct Phone/Fax number
3. Your Age and Nationality
4. Occupation

For your information you have to stop any further communication with any other
person(s) or office(s) in respect of transferring your fund, this is to avoid
any hitches in finalizing your payment. You are advised to contact the below
office of the Financial Auditor International Credit Settlement Dept, Nigeria
with the above information as soon as you receive this important message for
more direction on this mater

Contact Person: Mr. Richard Hilton
Email: wordpayment17@gmail.com

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which
is (445) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Mr. Richard
Hilton

Regards,
Mr. Mark Louis
Secretary

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