419 scam: Payment office <pmycenter001@gmail.com> Compensation Payment Approved!!

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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:
- "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)
- "economic and 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. )
- "(efcc)" (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. )
- "ecowas " (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: Payment office <pmycenter001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jerryeke212@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 00:42:08 +0100
Subject: Compensation Payment Approved!!

FROM THE DESK
PROF MR GEOFFREY ONYEAMA
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Our Ref: FMFA/IRD/CBX/021/16

COMPENSATION PAYMENT SCHEME FOR SCAMMED VICTIMS

REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $100,000.00 USD

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated by the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and Ecowas to pay 400 beneficiaries a Payment
Compensation of USD$3,500.000.00 each.You are listed and approved for
this payments as one of the scammed victims, Respond immediately as
directed for the immediate payments of the USD$$3,500.000.00
compensation funds to you.

This recommendations was made during the last Ecowas meetings held at
Abuja, Nigeria, where it was discovered and alarmed so much by the
rest of the world.During deliberations on the meeting over the lose of
funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating as
syndicates all over the world.In order to flush out this ugly trend
and redeem the good image of the country this committee was setup to
compensate this innocent victims.

In view of this development,400 victims have been selected to benefit
from this compensation scheme and your particulars was presented among
those to be paid.According to the number of applicants at hand, 216
beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United
States, we still have more 184 left to be paid this compensation fund.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was
arrested in Lagos Nigeria,as one of their Scam victims , you are
hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any
person contacting you again in respect to any fund from Africa or any
part of the world for any reason what so ever, the US secret service
working handy with the Economic and financial crime commission (EFCC)
in Nigeria is already on trail of this syndicates whose tentacles has
been widely spread.

You are to reconfirm your full names,address and valid phone number to
cross check with our data before we shall proceed with payment.As soon
as we receive the above mentioned information,we shall arrange for our
affiliated bank to pay you.

Hope to hear from you swiftly.

Yours faithfully,
Jerry Eke P/A
Geoffrey Onyeama
Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Federal Republic Of Nigeria

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