Scam victims offered compo - except it's another scam!

Can you believe the cheek of some of those lying, cheating, scheming scammers?

This hoax email offers compo to scam victims and urges people to beware of fraudsters. But it's just another scam!

From: Edward Smith [mailto:edwardsmiths_211@hotmail.com]
Subject: Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this mail, (ref: Your Payment)


FOREIGN PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
2007 ANTI-FRAUD-UNIT 4TH FLOOR
MARYLAND LAGOS NIGERIA
MOTTO: SECURITY WATCH.
From The Desk of: Senator Edward Smith
Tel: +234-808-880-8124
 
Attention: Sir/Madam,
 
RE: BE CAREFUL OF FRAUDSTERS.
 
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $750,000 USD.
 
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED NATIONS in Central Bank to pay 150 victims of scam
$750,000 USD (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars Only each).

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to this office as
soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $750,000 USD compensations funds.

On these faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was
alarming on the money lost by various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate victims, the UNITED NATIONS body is now paying 150 victims $750,000 USD each in accordance with the
UNITED NATIONS recommendations.

Due to these corrupt activities, the payments are to be paid by Central Bank Nigeria as corresponding paying bank under
funding assistance by BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
 
Benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first cleared and recommended for payment by ECO BANK PLC.
 
According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, over a half of the victims are from the
United States, we still have an outstanding of 36 scam victims left to be paid.

Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.
 
We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response from you on how you intend receiving your compensation
payment.
 
Finally, we are expecting to hear from you today. But mind you, you are strongly warned not to contact these dubious people
again.
 
ENDEAVOUR TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS OF YOURS ALONG WITH YOUR COMPLAINTS FOR COMFIRMATION:
 
YOUR FULL NAMES:......................................
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:..................................
OCCUPATION:...........................................
YOUR TEL/FAX NUMBER:..................................
MOBILE NUMBER.....................................
NATIONALITY:..........................................
SEX:..................................................
AGE:..................................................
 
As soon as we receive this information from you, a swift investigation will commence and at the end we promise that whoever
is involved in your plight shall be apprehended and handed over to the government and you shall be compensated accordingly.
 
This Decision is supported and approved courtesy: FBI AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND {I.M.F}, UNITED NATION SECRET SERVICE,
EUROPE, AMERICA, ASIA AND THE ECOWAS COMMUNITIES.
 
Thanks for your good understanding while we wait for your urgent response.
 
Senator Edward Smith
(Head of Foreign Payment Investigation department)
Lagos, Nigeria