Derick Richard

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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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:52:31 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Contact The Compensation Head office
From: "Mr. Derick Richard" <compensationdepts@compensation.org>

Contact The Compensation Head office

Dear Friend,

Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a
perfect condition. I am using this opportunity to thank you for your great
effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one
reason or the other best known to you. But I want to inform you that I
have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to someone else
account who was capable of assisting me in this great venture.

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed at
the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my
gratitude to you with the sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) I have authorized the finance house where I deposited my
money to issue you international certified bank draft cashable at your
bank. My dear friend I will like you to contact the finance house for the
collection of this international certified bank draft. The name and
contact address of the Perso with your Cheque Mr. Ben Duke is as follows.

Compensation Head officer
Name.: Mr. Ben Duke
Telephone Number: +234-803-422-4192
Email: b_duke294@yahoo.it

At the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which
myself and my new partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that I
have
forwarded instruction to the finance house on your behalf to send the bank
draft to you as soon as you contact them without delay. Please I will like
you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my
heart. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you
soon.

Best Regards,
Mr. Derick Richard.

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