419 scam: "Compensation Office" <compensation2010@hsdy.com.cn> (no subject)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- compensationoffice29@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Compensation Office" <compensation2010@hsdy.com.cn>
Reply-To: "Compensation Office" <compensationoffice29@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 3:40:19 +0800
Subject:

__________________________________________________

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Bank of England/UNITED NATIONS 2010 COMPENSATION
From Foreign Payment Director
Barclays Bank of London
Email:compensationoffice29@gmail.com

Attn: SCAMMED VICTIM/1MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654
1 MILLION USD.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Barclays Bank of London to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1 Million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at London, England. It was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to retain the good image of the country, the British Prime Minister is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1 Million USD each this is because British is the father of Nigeria since they are the colonel father and they gave Nigeria independent. Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Barclays Bank as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the Bank of England.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

For more vital information, please

visit:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm.

Send below information and payment code in your reply to this office.

(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Copy or number of your Identification (International Passport or Drivers License):
(4) Phone number:

All Information should be forwarded to our corresponding Agent below:

Agent Name: Mr Roland Chris
E-mail:compensationoffice29@gmail.com

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