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The Latest & Most Creative Internet Con Job

The latest and the most creative internet con job is to con those already being conned. Sample this:

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Attention,

RE: Scam Victims Compensation Payments: FUNDS PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS!!!

This is to inform you that as part of the clearance/verification exercise for payments by the Verifications Dept. at the head quarters of the ECOBANK/UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATIONS, some requirements are important.

To effect the smooth payment of your compensations, you are required to make available the below requirements which enables the prompt dispatch of your funds:

ECOBANK PAYMENTS CLAIM FORM

PERSONAL INFORMATION (As to appear as receiver):

First Name:
Middle Name:
Last Name:
Gender: Male/Female
Date of Birth:
Marital Status: Single/Married/Divorced
Nationality:
Religion:
Occupation:

Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
State/Province:
Country:
Email Address:
Tel: Cell:

Payment Option (Wire Transfer/Cheque/Western Union):
Preferred Payment Bank (U.K. OR NIGERIA):
Total Amount Defrauded(For record keep):

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE: PLEASE ENSURE YOU CLICK ON "REPLY" BEFORE FILLING THIS FORM ABOVE.

Also required are:

A Short Application Letter requesting the release of your funds (To be written as email):

Any Legally Identifying Document:

It is important you ensure the correctness of the information required as no one can be held liable due to applicant's errors in the provided information as it will be used in the dispatch of your funds compensations.
For record keep, you are to calculate and state the exact amount collected from you by these individuals for full recovery and refunds. We will ensure you get back all of your money and your compensation dues by the Government/EcoBank compensations programme.

On the provision of the requirements, your FUNDS will be processed and remitted to you as soon as possible.

Hoping to hear from you even more than soonest.

Yours faithfully,
IYAMAH SYLVANIUS.
ECOBANK/UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DEPT.
Tel: +234 807 754 0292

NOTE: The UN/Nigerian Government will decline any other complains of scam should you fall victim again after this compensations is paid and transfered to you. So be warned!!!
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They were ridiculed that such a bank did not even have a website and had to rely on free Yahoo email. They got the cheek to reply that the website was under construction.

2 comments:

zorro said...

I used to get some of these and I always replied: I am already a millionaire, so I dont need more. After a while these stopped.

shar101 said...

These scammers have certainly improved their english and presentation.

Oxford-trained? I wonder.