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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: BMGF ORG <abdussalamghaffar1999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rowanjameshagee@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2022 02:24:34 +0800
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?QXRlbmNpw7NuOiBEZXN0aW5hdGFyaW8s?=

Fundación Buffett
Kiewit Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska
Estados Unidos

Atención: Destinatario,

Espero que esta información le satisfaga, ya que sé que tendrá
curiosidad por saber por qué y cómo lo seleccionamos para recibir esta
suma de $ 5700,000.00 USD de la Fundación BMGF, nuestra información a
continuación es 100% legítima, consulte el enlace: https:/
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation

Comuníquese con nuestra institución de reclamos {westgate finance} por
correo electrónico para obtener más información e instrucciones sobre
cómo reclamar su donación. Correo electrónico:
financeagentwestgate@gmail.com

Debería usar esta donación para ayudar a los menos privilegiados y
desafortunados durante la pandemia.

Secretario y Jefe de Impacto
marca suzman

Firmar
Warren Buffett
bill y melinda
Fundación puertas

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