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Phishing Scam - "Contact British High Commission For Your Scam Compensation"
Phishing Scam - Contact British High Commission For Your Scam Compensation

The email message below with the subject: "Contact British High Commission For Your Scam Compensation," is fraudulent and you should not respond to it with your personal information. The email was created by cyber-criminals to trick the recipients into sending money, which the scammers claim are advance fees needed in order for money to be transferred to the recipients' account.

Remember, never send your personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message.

The Fraudulent Email Message

From: britishhighcomissi britishhighcomissi@yeah.net
Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:17 AM
Subject: CONTACT BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION FOR YOUR SCAM COMPENSATION

Attention

The BRITISH Commission Nigeria once more apologize for all the harms those scammed might have caused You and i will advise you to act fast on this process so that we can proceed immediately with the delivery of your scam re-compensation payment, as i am here to assist and direct you on how to receive your parcel immediately.

Meanwhile, you have to note that the compensation fund in question is $12,500,000 usd, do have a nice day and reconfirm the information below to avoid mistakes.

Full Name:
Home address:
Country:
Occupation/profession:
Mobile number:
Age:

Yours in service,

Valentine Madubueze,

waiting