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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <warreneb30@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 01:17:59 +0100
Subject: Your Attention Please / Meine Spende

Your Attention Please,

My name is Warren Buffett and I have an urgent donation information for you which will benefit you and your entire family, with part of this donation you will be able to help the less privileged in your local community.

Respond back to this email immediately so as to enable me provide you with the complete information regarding this donation.

God Bless you richly.

Warren Buffett.
Email: warreneb30@aim.com
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Hallo,

Mein Name ist Warren Buffett, und ich habe einen dringenden Spenden Informationen fur Sie, die Sie und Ihre ganze Familie profitieren.

Mit einem Teil dieser Spende können Sie helfen auch die weniger Privilegierten in Ihrer Gemeinde.

Reagieren sie bitte zuruck zu dieser E-Mail sofort, damit ich Ihnen weitere Informationen uber diese Spende zur Verfugung stellen.

Gott segne euch reichlich.

Warren Buffett.
Email: warreneb30@aim.com

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