419 scam: "Warren Buffett Foundation" <moneygramoffice140@gmail.com> Hello Lucky One.

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Warren Buffett Foundation" <moneygramoffice140@gmail.com>
Reply-To: buffetfoundation101@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:09:12 -0400
Subject: Hello Lucky One.

Hello Lucky One.

My Name is Warren Buffett, An American business magnate, investor, speaker
and philanthropist who serves as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire
Hathaway,The Buffett Foundation is a charitable organization formed 1964
in Omaha, Nebraska, by me (Warren Buffett) as a vehicle to manage my
charitable giving so i have decided to give away $27,900,000.00 each to
two unknown randomly selected individual Emails online, I simply attempt
to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are
fearful.Price is what you pay. Value is what you get, Someone's sitting in
the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

You have been selected to receive this $27,900,000.00, as a lucky one
confirm back to me that this selected unknown email is valid, Visit the
web page to know more about me:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

Regards
Warren Buffett Foundation

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam