Tony Benson: newly founded friend of mine in Mexico

Hello, I am Miss Young. A scammer often fails in making his victim pay him money. But he does not give up if he thinks it is still possible to convince the victim. He could try a new scam with hidden millions or a big lottery winning. Another approach is a compensation letter where he promises the victim a big sum as compensation. The compensation money does not exist, - it is simply the start of a new scam. The letter below is an example of such a letter.

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From: Tony Benson < tony_benson01264@yahoo.co.id >
Date: 2012/4/12
Subject: I DID NOT FORGET YOUR EMAIL ADDERSS
To:

Dear Good Friend,

This is to thank you for your past effort. I understand you thought I wasn’t for Real but I thank God for his mercy and favor upon my life. However, I have Succeeded in getting those funds wired, the money has been transferred into the Account provided by a newly founded friend of mine in Mexico.

To compensate you for your past assistance and commitments, I have instructed my Account Manager to prepare an ATM/Master Card in your favor and load the sum of $980,000.00 USD in the Card from my Domiciliary account with them so that you Can make withdrawals and also purchase with the Card online. Note, you’re daily Withdrawal limit is $1,500 USD per day; you can purchase online goods more than $2,000 USD per day. You can only withdraw money with the card in ATM Machine only.

However, this instruction was given to my account officer since
January, and since then I’ve been in Mexico with my Family, but due
to the little Problem I hard with Mexican Government I was not having access to internet, but I thank God I’m free now, so the Card is ready to deliver to you and my account Officer has handed it over to Priority fedex delivery Company, For Urgent Delivery.

Please Contact the Dispatch Officer of the fedex delivery Company in nigeria with your mailing Address and contact telephone number. Contact him immediately on: Contact Person: David Mark
Email: davmark1@hotmail.com

You can contact him via phone or email so that he can deliver your Card to you, Because the parcel has been with them since June. My account officer Attach all the information you will need to operate the card, both the PIN Code and Direction of Use is boldly written in English Language. Please let me know as soon as you receive the Card so that we can share our joy Together.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Yours Truly,
Tony Benson

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