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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: "Ms. Pamela Bill" <samuelamechionyekwe@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mspamelabill3@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 09:56:44 +0100
Subject: Greetings To You

Greetings To You

The Buffet Foundation is a charitable organization formed 1964 in
Omaha, Nebraska, by investor and industrialist Warren Buffet as a
vehicle to manage his charitable giving. It was renamed the Susan
Thompson Buffet Foundation in honor of my wife, Susan Buffet, who died
in 2004 and you are one (1) of the lucky people to benefit and receive
$3,500,000.00USD from my foundation's ongoing goodwill to help start
over and make good use of it to help your family and community.

I'm happy to inform you about my success in putting my donation in an
ATM card to be delivered to you. Forward your delivery information to
my secretary Miss Pamela Bill through her email id (
mspamelabill3@gmail.com ) and ask her to send the ATM card containing
the total of ($3,500.000.00 US DOLLARS ) to your preferred address.

For security reasons, I lodged this amount into an ATM MASTER CARD
because I do not want the money to be tampered with.

If this is a valid email account, then click reply to contact her
directly for comprehensive information. For more details visit (
https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=177 ) or Google ( Warren
Buffet ) She will send the ATM MASTER CARD to you, also reconfirm the
below details to her.

1. Full name
2. Mobile number
3. Home Address
4. Country

Do get in touch with me once you receive it.

NB: You are only required to pay for the delivery fee.

Regards,
Mr Warren Buffet
CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

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