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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: Mr Warren Edward Buffet <bfwilson1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:29:16 +0400
Subject: Re: How Are You Dear?


My name is Mr Warren Edward Buffet, a philanthropist and the founder of The
Mr Warren Edward Buffet Family Foundation, one of the largest private
foundations in the world. I believe strongly in'giving while living.' I had
one idea that never changed in my mind -- that you should use your wealth to
help people and I have decided to secretly give [$5,000,000,00 USD] $5
Million United State Dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On
receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual.
Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get
back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is
valid and also give you Letter of authorization to meet the bank for your
money. For verification your advise to send your information
YOUR FULL NAME :
HOUSE ADDRESS :
CELL NUMBER:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
COUNTRY:

to the Charity Foundation via (charityfoundation@solution4u.com) Visit the
web page to know more about me:

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/08/business/la-fi-mo-warren-buffett-gates-20130708

On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky
individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random.
Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email
address is valid.Thank you for accepting our offer.
God bless you
Mr Warren Edward Buffet Billionaire Investor.

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