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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: Mr Warren Buffett <brainsteven951@gmail.com>
Reply-To: warrenbuffett63000@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:05:02 -0700
Subject: Grant Donation Funds

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Hi

My name is Warren Buffett , A philanthropist the CEO and Chairman of the
Warren Buffett Charitable Foundation, one of the largest private
foundations in the world.
I believe strongly in ‘giving while living’ I have one idea that never
changes in my mind; that you should use your wealth to help people
around the world and I have decided to donate this amount through our
Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Program to give out {$5,500,000.00}
Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United Dollars, to randomly selected
individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count
yourself
as one of the lucky individuals.

Your EMAIL: was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly
get back to me at your earliest convenience.

So I know your EMAIL is valid.

contact me through my personal Email (warrenbuffett63000@gmail.com)
I wait to receive your reply once you read this message.

Regards
Warren Buffett

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