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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: Business magnate <WWWWWW@docomonet.jp>
Reply-To: Business magnate <theodoreharper@vipmail.hu>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:24:00 +0900
Subject: Greetings Donation Recipient,

Warren Buffett Foundation
4315 50th Street NW Suite 100.
Washington, DC 20016 United States
Office Phone: +1 (202) 734-5045

Re: To whom it may Concern Letter for Donation Fund.

Greetings Donation Recipient,

This is from Dr.Warren Andy Buffett, a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99% percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. I founded the giving pledge in 2006 with Bill Gates, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their fortunes.

On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as one of lucky individual, whose email address were among those that was chosen online while searching at random to receive the sum of ($7.500,000.00 Million US Dollar) Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar Only In order to know more about this Giving Pledge, please view the link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge

Kindly contact my Giving Pledge department with your Full Name/Address/Age/Telephone/Occup/ Any ID, and your Reference number below:TD92099692 for your claim that you must send to our Legal Representative Buffet foundation.

Secretary Barr. Theodore Harper.
Legal Representative Buffet foundation
Email: theodoreharper@vipmail.hu

Please you have to do your part to help other people once you have the money in your personal account because that is the only objective of donating this funds to you.

Signed
Dr. Warren Edward Buffett
Business magnate,
Investor and philanthropist.

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