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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: "Mrs.Angela Buettne" <mreimann201401@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rreimann7661@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:12:47 +0100
Subject: Notification



--
Your email address attached to ticket number :6-11-23-38-43-60 have won
you a total sum of $1,000,000.00 (One million dollars) in cash credited
to file Ref: BML/43376/10/724559518 This is from a total cash prize of
$30,000,000.00 Million dollars shared amongst the thirty (30)
international winners in this category in THE WHICHLOTTO ONLINE
LOTTERY.Your email address was selected randomly through computer ballot
system extracted from over 1,000,000 companies and individuals email
addresses,This promotion takes place annually.

Do contact Mr.Roy Reimann the Agent via telephone or email for
remittance;

Mr.Roy Reimann
E-mail: rreimann7661@outlook.com
TEL: +44 750 953 0129
Fax: +44 871-247-6031
WEBSITE: www.whichlotto.com

We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.Thank you
for being part of our commemorative yearly Draws.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Angela Buettne,
Online coordinator

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