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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 Foundation <napousman333@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ceoberkshirefoundation@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 17:46:36 +0100
Subject: Hello Lucky One.

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Hello Lucky One.

My Name is Warren Edward Buffett , An American business magnate, investor,
speaker and philanthropist, I am also the chairman and CEO of Berkshire
Hathaway Inc., The Buffett Foundation is a charitable organization formed
by me in 1964 as a vehicle to manage my charitable giving so i have decided
to donate $130,000,000.00 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
$130,000,000.00 donation funds, as a lucky one so confirm back to me that
this selected unknown email is valid.

You can visit the web page to know more about me:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

Regards
Warren Buffett Foundation

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