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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: WARREN BUFFETT DONATION <info_recruit92653@mainea.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <warrenbuffettdonation@mailbox.sk>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:45:40 +0530
Subject: $2 MILLION USD DONATION FROM WARREN BUFFETT


Greetings to You You have been gifted $2 MILLION USD donation fund. Contact=
us at this email for your claim: warrenbuffettdonation@mailbox.sk I hope t=
his information meet you well as I know you will be curious to know why/how=
I selected you to receive a cash sum of $2,000,000,00 USD, our information=
below is 100% legitimate, please see the link below: http://news.bbc.co.uk=
/2/hi/5115920.stm Or google mr name Warren Buiffett My wife and I decided t=
o donate the sum of $2,000,000,00 USD to you as part of our charity project=
to improve the lot of 10 lucky individuals all over the world from our $12=
Billion Usd I and My Wife Mapped out to help people before she died. We pr=
ayed and searched over the internet for assistance because i saw your profi=
le on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. Susan my wife and i have =
decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. my w=
ife has cancer and she died at colchester regional hospital, my wife just d=
idn't die but she was a great person and I miss her so much and this is why=
I have decided to do one thing i promised her forever. as you could see fr=
om the webpage above, am not getting any younger and you can imagine having=
no much time to live. although am a Billionaire investor and we have helpe=
d some charity organizations from our Fund. You see after taken care of the=
needs of our immediate family members, Before she died we decided to donat=
e the remaining of our Billions to other individuals around the world in ne=
ed, the local fire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in truro whe=
re Susan underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in As=
ia and Europe that fight cancer, alzheimer's and diabetes and the bulk of t=
he funds deposited with our payout bank of this charity donation. we have k=
ept just 40% of the entire sum to our self for the remaining days because i=
am sick and am writing you from hospital computer because i dont know when=
i will die. To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($2,000,000.00 =
USD) which have been donated solely to you, you are to send us your full na=
mes................. your contact address................ your personal tel=
ephone number............... so that i can forward your payment information=
to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wis=
ely and judiciously over there in your country. please have to do you part =
to also alleviate the level of poverty in your region, help as many you can=
help once you have this money in your personal account because that is the=
only objective of donating this money to you in the first place. I like to=
re-assure you of the legitimacy of this services as we will not be involve=
d in any fraudulent act and will never be. use the money wisely, we only wa=
nt to feel good by helping people this time of the year, this is the only t=
hing that makes my wife happy too even now that she is not here with me any=
more, we have too much to give away as I only have few months left on earth=
. I will advise as you as the prospective lucky Person to be calm not to lo=
ose this great opportunity which millions of people are trying to entangled=
but the chances just couldn't come for them because a lot of people are ou=
t there to discourage them as they don't know how it works, and have never =
seen such before. Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful=
. God bless you Mr Warren Buffett Billionaire investor=20

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