419 scam: "COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS"<pmb12345@sify.com> IMPORTANT INFORMATION/NIGERIA/UNITED NATIONS SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYME

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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:
- "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: "COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paymentconsultant@teeslearn.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:28:32 +0300
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION/NIGERIA/UNITED NATIONS SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.

NIGERIA/UNITED NATIONS SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

REF/PAYMENTS CODE:04454 $5MILLION USD.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian/United Nations/IMF/World Bank scam victims $5Million USD each, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims, get back to me as soon as possible with a scanned copy of your international passports or drivers license for identifications and for the immediate payment of your $5Million compensation funds.

On this faithful recommendations,I want you to know that during the last United Nations/IMF/World Bank meetings held recently at Abuja Nigeria, They were 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 is now paying 100 victims of this operators $5Million USD each,Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be paid by Option 2 as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria(C.B.N.) special fund allocation in the 2011 budget.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 49 beneficiaries has been paid,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more 61 left to be paid the compensations of $5Million each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria etc as one of their 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.

For more vital information pleaserespond urgently , You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, Account To Account Fast Wire Transfer or ATM Card Payment Mode,I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you,send a copy of your response to my private email: by clicking your reply button immediately you receive this urgent message.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.O Mark,
Co-ordinator Compensation Payment Department.

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