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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.
- warrenbuffettdonat84@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Warren Buffett <gidadoaliyu98@gmail.com>
Reply-To: warrenbuffettdonat84@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:08:44 -0700
Subject: don de don de Dieu
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Salut,
Je m'appelle Warren E. Buffett, un magnat des affaires américain,
investisseur et philanthrope. Je suis l'investisseur le plus prospère
au monde et
PDG, Berkshire Hathaway. Je crois fermement au "donner en vivant". je
eu une idée qui n'a jamais changé? que vous utilisez votre richesse
devrait aider les gens et j'ai décidé de {4 500 000,00 €}
quatre millions cinq cent mille dollars américains à choisir au hasard
pour faire un don aux gens du monde entier. Après avoir reçu cet
e-mail, vous devez vous rendre sur
compter les chanceux. Il se trouve que votre adresse e-mail était en ligne
choisi. Merci de me contacter au plus vite afin que je puisse
sait que votre adresse e-mail est valide.
Visitez ceci: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett ou vous
pouvez google mon nom pour plus d'informations: (Warren
buffet).
Envoyez votre réponse à (warrenbuffettdonat84@gmail.com) afin que je puisse
peut vous donner plus de détails sur ce don.
J'attendrai ta réponse.
Répondez-moi à cet e-mail pour plus d'informations (
warrenbuffettdonat84@gmail.com)
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