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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: "zulu martin" <zulu_martin@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 10:58:12 +0200
Subject: please contact your claims agent, MR MOMO LEE

ATTENTION:THE WINNER.

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,2 July,2005 of
winners of the PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY S.A., PROGRAMS held 29th June, 2005.Your
winning email address,is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459,with
serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-21-54-37-10-43,and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$3,000.000.00
in cash credited to file REF NO.AMXXL/25041238013/03. This is from total
prize money of US$51,000,000.00 shared among the seventeen international
winners in this category.All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from a collation of email addreses belonging to all
frequent internet users from all over the world from Australia, New Zealand,
America,Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions
Program, which is conducted bia-annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your funds is now deposited with our corresponding bank,and would be
transferd to you as soon as i hear from you. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your
designated account or send to me your prefarence as regards your desired
method of transfer of your funds to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participantsof
this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes US$1.3billion International Lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact your claims agent VIA

EMAIL; MR MOMO LEE,( momolee@webmail.co.za )( momolee@mailtobe.com )

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
AFRICA PAYMENT OFFICE
# 200 RICHARDS RYLAAN, LAND PARK,2002
P.O. Box 4756, AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
OMEGA CROSSING.

with the above informations which should include your FULL NAMES, AGE,
SEX,MARITAL STATUS,NATIONALITY,CONTACT POSTAL ADDRESS,TELEPHONE AND FAX
NUMBER, via this email address (
momolee@mailtobe.com)(momolee@webmail.co.za) For due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th July,2005.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed, and returned back
to the ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in
everyone of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there
be any change of your email address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.Sincerely,

MR MOMO LEE.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY,
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of our winners will
result to disqualification and please remember to forward your details to
Mr.Momo Lee, for the transfer of your prize winning money into your account,
as you receive this mail immediately. with this email address's (
momolee@mailtobe.com )(momolee@webmail.co.za)

you can also contact me with this address as well ( zulumartin1@katamail.com
Mr.Zulu Martin

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