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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. Mary Williams Secretary to Mr. Warren Buffet" <pira@alinet.it>
Reply-To: mrwarrenebuffettm@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 03:21:43 -0800
Subject: Congratulation You Have Been Awarded $3.500,000.00

Hi,

This email is from the Office of Secretary to Mr. Warren Buffet I'm here
to inform you about Mr. Warren E. Buffet donation to you, an American
business magnate, investor and philanthropist. am the most successful
investor in the world. I believe strongly in‘ giving while living’ I had
one idea that never changed in my mind ? that you should use your wealth
to help people and I have decided to give {$3,500,000.00} Three Million
Five Hundred Thousand United Dollars, to
randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you
should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was
chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your
earliest convenience ,so I know your email address is
valid.(mrwarrenedwardbuffett@zohomail.com) Email me

Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful You Can Google
my name for more information: Warren Buffet .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

God bless you.
Best Regard
Mrs. Mary Williams
Secretary to Mr. Warren Buffet

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