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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: Bremer LOTTO <delivery@yousendit.com>
Reply-To: l.bremergmbh@live.com
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 05:27:57 -0700
Subject: BTULG/6-DE/2012


l.bremergmbh@live.com has sent you the following via YouSendIt


Bremer Toto Und LOTTO GmbH.
Schwachhauser Heerstraße 115
D-28211 Bremen
Germany

Ref number: BTULG/6-DE/2012
Lucky numbers 11 12 16 26 32 35 8

Congratulations!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of the Bremer Toto Und LOTTO GmbH Program were you emerged a winner of Euro 2.5 Million (Two Million and Five Hundred Thousand Euros). Bremer Toto Und LOTTO GmbH Program draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 70,000,000 e-mail addresses picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year.

Please contact your assigned release manager through his email address below;


Mr. Axel Lehmann.
Zurich Financial Service Limited.
Email: zurichfinancialservice@one.lt
Telephone: +447035946239

for more information and release details.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, endeavor to quote your Reference Number: BTULG/6-DE/2012 and Lucky numbers 11 12 16 26 32 35 8 in every correspondence with your agent.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Michael Barth
Managing Director.
Bremer Toto Und LOTTO GmbH.
You have 1 file waiting for download:
congratulation.txt

You can copy and paste the following link in your browser to retrieve your file. The link will expire on August 17, 2012 05:27 PDT.
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1638441891/611577ae8a2f0db5f284f726e6711f11


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