419 scam: Warren E Buffett <jeffbezos718@gmail.com> Dear beloved one

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Warren E Buffett <jeffbezos718@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrwarrenbuffett19@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 05:38:47 +0100
Subject: Dear beloved one

Hello,

We bring greetings to you in the name of the lord. This message is
sent to you as a notification that you have been chosen to benefit
from our Covid-19 relief palliative project aimed at touching lives
and helping those that we can across the world as God has blessed us.
This is 100% Real and Legal and anyone who is not interested should
not bother to reply and shouldn't reply with an abusive word back to us

Iâ€™m a philanthropist,CEO & Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.i am the
most successful investor in the world, I believe strongly in giving
while livingâ€™ I had one idea that never changed in my mind ? that you
should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to help
individuals and companies to bounce back to their respective businesses.
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.

You have been listed as one of the lucky recipients to receive
{$1,800,000.00} One Million Eight Hundred Thousand United Dollars,
This donation is made out to you so to enable you strengthen
your personal issues and mostly to generously help us extend hands of
giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations
within your locality.

To verify

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/warren-buffett-gave-away-this-much-of-his-wealth-in-the-past-10-years.html

Get back to me on how to receive the donation
Thanks
buffett.

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