419 scam: "Warren E. Buffett" <babangidamusa406@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?Q?h=C3=A4lt_eine_=C3=9Cberraschungsspende_f=C3=BCr_Sie

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- warrenbuffettdonation890@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Warren E. Buffett" <babangidamusa406@gmail.com>
Reply-To: warrenbuffettdonation890@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:45:43 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?h=C3=A4lt_eine_=C3=9Cberraschungsspende_f=C3=BCr_Sie_bereit?=

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Hallo, mein Name ist Warren E. Buffett, ein amerikanischer
Wirtschaftsmagnat, Investor und Philanthrop. Ich bin der
erfolgreichste Investor der Welt und CEO, Berkshire Hathaway. Ich
glaube fest an â€žGeben wÃ¤hrend des Lebensâ€œ. Ich hatte eine Idee, die
sich nie geÃ¤ndert hat? dass Sie Ihr VermÃ¶gen einsetzen sollten, um
Menschen zu helfen, und ich habe beschlossen, {â‚¬4.500.000,00} eine
Million fÃ¼nfhunderttausend US-Dollar an zufÃ¤llig ausgewÃ¤hlte Personen
weltweit zu spenden. Nach Erhalt dieser E-Mail sollten Sie sich zu den
GlÃ¼cklichen zÃ¤hlen. Ihre E-Mail-Adresse wurde zufÃ¤llig online
ausgewÃ¤hlt. Bitte melden Sie sich so bald wie mÃ¶glich bei mir, damit
ich weiÃŸ, dass Ihre E-Mail-Adresse gÃ¼ltig ist.

Besuchen Sie dies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett oder
Sie kÃ¶nnen meinen Namen googeln, um weitere Informationen zu erhalten:
(Warren Buffett).

Senden Sie Ihre Antwort an (warrenbuffettdonation890@gmail.com), damit
ich Ihnen weitere Einzelheiten zu dieser Spende mitteilen kann.

Ich werde auf Ihre Antwort warten.

Antworten Sie mir fÃ¼r weitere Informationen auf diese E-Mail
(warrenbuffettdonation890@gmail.com)

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