419 scam: "Mr. Francis Nolan"<dr.mansurmuhktar0000@gmail.com> 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:
- "million us dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Francis Nolan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nolanfrancis@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 01:21:20 +0100
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT

Attn:
FROM:MR.FRANCIS NOLAN.
ECO FINANCIAL HOUSE/UNITED NATIONS 2010

COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: TRASNFER#06654 $5,000 000.00.USD

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Ecobank Abuja to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $5,000,000,00.each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims,get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your five Million us dollars compensations funds.

On this faithfull recomendations,I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at Abuja,Nigeria,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 president of the country(President Good luck Jonathan ) is now paying 100 victims of this operators $5,000,000,00. USD each, the payments are to be paid by ECO BANK Abuja ,Nigeria,corressponding paying bank under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria(C.B.N.).

According to the number of applicants at hand,84 beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more 16 left to be paid the compensations of $5,000,000,00. each.Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of thier victims of the operations,you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any body for any reason what so ever,the US secret service is already on trace of the criminals.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, D WIRE TRANSFERS or by a diplomatic home cash delivery,I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,
MR.FRANCIS NOLAN.

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