new partner from Paraguay Mr. Fernando Alvaro Gomez.

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: Abbas Igwe <mailto:abigwe@hotmail.com>

Date: 01/11/07

Subject: I hope you still recognize me

Dear friend,

It is my pleasure to reach you after our unsuccessful attempt on our

business transaction. Well, I just want to use this medium to thank you very

much for your earlier assistance to help me in receiving the funds, without

any positive outcome.

I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded in receiving the funds with

the help of a new partner from Paraguay Mr. Fernando Alvaro Gomez.

Everything was perfectly done because we strike a deal with one of the Lady

Accountant who works with the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF), and she

rendered a tremendous help to us. My new partner initiated this idea and

everything worked out successfully.In appreciation of your earlier

assistance to me in receiving the funds, I

have decided to compensate you with the sum of $850,000.00(Eight Hundred and

Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in a Cashier's cheque. This is from my

own share. I did this simply to show appreciation to you for your kind

support and assistance even though we could not succeed due to some

unforseen circumstances and reason.

Presently, I am in Paraguay for investment project with my own share under

the advice of my partner. Mean while, I didn't forget your past efforts and

attempts to assist me in transferring this funds despite the fact that we

could not succeed. I will be sending you e-mail from time to time to

know if you have received your share or not.In the light of the above, you

are therefore, to contact my personal assistant Mr. Nora Obi on my former

telephone line and do send him your contact address where you want the

cheque to be sent to you. Hise-email address:noraobi@myway.com

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the

joy together after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, I am very

busy here in Asuncion the capital city of Paraguay because of the investment

projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. So feel free to

get in touch with him to send the cheque to you without any delay.

With My Best Regards,

Mr Abbas Igwe.

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