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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: =?UTF-8?B?V2FycmVuwqBFLsKgQnVmZmV0dA==?= <tumusiimee829@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marythorn17@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:30:50 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU,

Hi,

My name is Warren E. Buffett an American business magnate, investor
and philanthropist. am the most successful investor in the world today
and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 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 give
{$2,500,000.00} Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United 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 my
secretary with your full name and address at your earliest convenience
time, so that i will know your email address is valid. before the
package tracking number will be giving to you

Visit this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett or You Can
Google my name for more information:( Warren Buffett )

Send your reply to my secretary email ( marythorn17@gmail.com) to
enable her give you more details about this Donation.

I will be waiting for your response.

Reply my secretary with your information on this e-mail (
marythorn17@gmail.com) her name is Mary Thornton

Best Regards,
Mr Warren Edward Buffett Billionaire investor
CEO:Berkshire Hathaway
http://www.berkshirehathaway.com

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