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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
Reply-To: <warren4buffet@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:10:45 +0530
Subject: From Warren Buffet


Greetings to You You have been gifted $9.5 MILLION USD donation fund. Cont=
act us at this email for your claim: I hope this information meet you well =
as I know you will be curious to know why/how I selected you to receive a c=
ash sum of $1.500,000,00 USD, our information below is 100% legitimate, ple=
ase see the link below: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/08/business/la=
-fi-mo-warren-buffett-gates-20130708 My wife and I decided to donate the su=
m of $1.500,000,00 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 prayed and search=
ed over the internet for assistance because i saw your profile 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 wife has cancer =
and she died at colchester regional hospital, my wife just didn't die but s=
he 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 from the webpage =
above, am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time t=
o live. although am a Billionaire investor and we have helped some charity =
organizations from our Fund. You see after taken care of the needs of our i=
mmediate family members, Before she died we decided to donate the remaining=
of our Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local f=
ire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in truro where Susan underw=
ent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe t=
hat fight cancer, alzheimer's and diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposi=
ted with our payout bank of this charity donation. we have kept 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 ($1.500,000.00 USD) which have=
been donated solely to you, you are to send us via email warren4buffet@hot=
mail.com your full names................. your contact address.............=
... your personal telephone number............... so that i can forward you=
r payment information to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able=
to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your country. please=
you have to do your part to also alleviate the level of poverty in your re=
gion, help as many you can help once you have this money in your personal a=
ccount 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 involved in any fraudulent act and will never be. use th=
e money wisely, we only want to feel good by helping people this time of th=
e year, this is the only thing that makes my wife happy too even now that s=
he is not here with me anymore, we have too much to give away as I only hav=
e few months left on earth. I will advise as you as the prospective lucky P=
erson to be calm not to loose this great opportunity which millions of peop=
le are trying to entangled but the chances just couldn't come for them beca=
use a lot of people are out there to discourage them as they don't know how=
it works, and have never seen such before. Thank you for accepting our off=
er, we are indeed grateful You Can Google my name for more information: Mr =
Warren Buffett. God bless you Mr Warren Buffett Donor/investor

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