419 scam: SIR DR WARREN E BUFFET<info677@office.com> 3.5m Euro

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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: SIR DR WARREN E BUFFET<info677@office.com>
Reply-To: warrenbuffetfoundation319@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2022 06:57:50 +0800
Subject: 3.5m Euro

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seg=EDt=E9s=E9re kell ford=EDtani, =E9s =FAgy d=F6nt=F6ttem, hogy {3 500 00=
0,00} =20AC 3 milli=F3 eur=F3t adom=E1nyozok v=E9letlenszer=171en kiv=E1las=
ztott embereknek vil=E1gszerte. Ha megkapta ezt az e-mailt, az azt jelenti,=
hogy =D6nt v=E1lasztott=E1k ki. Regisztr=E1ljon boldog emberk=E9nt, =E9s t=
=E9rjen vissza pozit=EDv v=E1lasszal. E-mail c=EDm=E9t online v=E9letlensze=
r=171 keres=E9s sor=E1n v=E1lasztott=E1k ki. K=E9rj=FCk, miel=151bb l=E9pje=
n kapcsolatba velem, hogy tudjam, hogy az e-mail c=EDme =E9rv=E9nyes.
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e-mailt a k=E1rt=E9r=EDt=E9si oszt=E1lynak (warrenbuffet88@outlook.com).
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Mr. Warren Buffett, milli=E1rdos befektet=151
=DCgyvezet=151 igazgat=F3: Berkshire Hathaway
http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/...

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