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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 Buffet <jskwr454@gmail.com>
Reply-To: buffetm385@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 01:43:03 -0800
Subject: Donation of $2.5m USD For You From Mr .W. Buffett

Hello

My name is Mr. Warren E. Buffett an American business magnate, investor
and philanthropist, am one of the most successful investor in the
world. who believe strongly in giving while living’ I had one idea that
never changed in my mind ? That one should use his/her God given
wealth to help people especially the ones in difficult situations 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 because 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.
( buffetm385@gmail.com ) Email me

Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful You Can
Google my name for more information: Warren Buffet.

God bless you.
Mr. Warren E Buffett

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