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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Victims Payments" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leadinglights@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:02:15 -0500
Subject: Scammed Victims Compensation Payments

Read Carefully!!!
This electronic message is confidential and strictly for you the intended recipient and no one else. If you receive this mail by mistake or when it is not directly related to your situation please destroy it without redistribution.
After an extraordinary debt management submit on Asia, Europe & Africa, the United Nations department of Economic / debt management in conjunction with the IMF issued a mandate and setup the Asia, Europe & Africa debt payment scheme with "Escrow Accounts" dedicated for the purpose. Check details herein; [ http://www.uncc.ch/reports.htm ]
  
We wish to inform you that we have been officially mandated after due verification of your payment claim from the Asia, Europe & Africa payment schedules and found you or firm / account eligible to receive the funds value owed to you.
It is instructive that you STOP any communication with whosoever and whatsoever office either Asia, Europe & Africa or in particular Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina faso, here in the United Kingdom or elsewhere you have been manipulated and deceived by unscrupulous individuals pretending to be working on your funds transfer but pilfering depleting your resources by asking you to pay various manner of illegal fees and charges.
Note that you are not required to make any form of payment from your pocket to any one or any organisation before your funds are credited into your domiciled account. This is because your actual total amount would be paid to you through the "Escrow Account" dedicated for this purpose by resolution of the United Nations Restitution / Compensation agreement for creditors and scammed victims around the World.
 
However, whatever form of payment that may be required from you in order to clear the payment of any lacuna which may have been an obstacle to the easy release and remittance of your funds could be generated through our sources in the USA in the form of Treasury Bills and Western Union Money Orders to be issued to you for such payments. 
As a measure of security, it is recommended that all intending and qualified beneficiaries of this program must upon provision / re-confirmation of transaction and payment details to this office, visit the United Kingdom for a deposition in the High Court to obtain a Legal Affidavit of claims before bank recognition for transfer to accredited domiciled bank account or be assigned an ATM payment prerogative.   
Please reconfirm your personal Information together with your funds transaction details for easy processing;
Your Full Names:
Residential Address:
Occupation:
Age / Sex:
Telephone and Mobile Numbers:
Provide sum of your Expected Amount:
Your payment Coordinates:
You are to contact the below office with above information.
Contact Name: Michael Sidney Middleton (Esq) 
Company: Middleton & Norton Consultants UK
Address:  Industrial Estate 54 Mallu 
Country/Region: United Kingdom
Business Email: leadinglights7@yahoo.fr
Telephone: 44-701-1164025
I await your response.
Regards,
Michael Sidney Middleton (Esq)
Payment Security Alert. 2011 ©

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