419 scam: Compensations Payment <uk-compensations167@msn.com> UNTIED KINGDOM COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTOR'S

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024056531 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +448704952884 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- info.garycowen@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Compensations Payment <uk-compensations167@msn.com>
Reply-To: <info.garycowen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:24:28 +0000
Subject: UNTIED KINGDOM COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTOR'S

UNTIED KINGDOM COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTOR'S

ATTN:SIR/MADAM,

SCAMMED VICTIM/£350,000.00 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 08813 £350,000.00 GBP

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Prof.Gordon Brown QC) and the Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department heads) to pay 100 UK-419 scam victims GBP £350,000.00 each and incidentally, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims.You are advised to get back to this office as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your GBP £350,000.00 compensations funds.
On this faithful recommendations we want you to know that this deal came at a summit of G20 countries in London, Untied Kingdom, where Leaders of the world's largest economies met and reached an agreement to on plans to beat the economic slump and tackle the global financial crisis with measures worth US$1 Trillion (£681bn).
During the meetings, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world's largest economies in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists and syndicates operating all over the world today,
In other to retain the good image of the country, the Prime Minister of the country is now paying 100 victims of this operators £350,000.00 GBP each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in UK, the payments are to be paid by HSBC BANK as corresponding paying bank under foundling assistance by the National Westminster
bank London.

According to the number of applicants at hand,78
beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are
from the United States and we still have more 22 left to
be paid the compensations of GBP £350,000.00 each.
As earlier mentined, your particulars were mentioned by one of the
syndicates who was arrested in London as one of their victims,
so you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to
him/them for any reason whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminals.

For more vital information, please visit:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm
Below is contact informations of person incharge of your
payment shcadule.

Name: Mr. Gary Cowen
Email:info.garycowen@gmail.com
Email:garycowen.00@live.com
Tel: +44 7024056531
Fax: +44 8704952884

You can receive your compensations payments via any of
the both options you choose, DRAFT PAYMENTS or TELEGRIAHPIC WIRE
TRANSFERS or ATM CARD for more info contact your payment
compensations payment manager.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Gordon Brown QC.
Prime minister

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