Larry Smith

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: Mr Larry Smith. [mailto:johnsonrichard188@yahoo.fr]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend, How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope thismail meets you in a perfect condition. I am using this opportunity tothank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known. But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund outof my bank to someone else account who was capable of assisting me in thisgreat venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed atthe course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $1,000,000.00. I have authorized Mr.Johnson Richards where I deposited my money to issue you international certified bank draft cashable at your bank. Note that this money is in ECO Bank as we speak. My dear friend I will like you to contact Mr.Johnson Richards for the collection of this international certified bank draft. The name and contact address is as follows. Name: Mr.Johnson Richards Email: johnsonrichard12@yahoo.fr Contact Mr. Richard Johnson. At the moment, I am very busy here because ofthe investment projects which myself and my new partner are having at hand In London. Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to the Mr.Johnson Richards on your behalf to send the bank draft check of One Million United State Of America Dollars to you as soon as you contact him 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 Larry Smith. N;B So sorry for have contacted you for so long it was due to the fact that i was responding to medical treatment i went for surgery and ever since I came back I couldn't locate you until i finally made it. That was why I am contacting you back to inform you that I finally made it as a result of this I had to compensate you with this offer

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