419 scam: Wellington Adriano <wellington@postoscacique.com.br> =?utf-8?B?UGFyYWLDqW5z?=

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- warren.e.buffett0177@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Wellington Adriano <wellington@postoscacique.com.br>
Reply-To: "warren.e.buffett0177@gmail.com" <warren.e.buffett0177@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:46:21 +0000
Subject: =?utf-8?B?UGFyYWLDqW5z?=

ParabÃ©ns

Meu nome Ã© Warren E. Buffett, um magnata, investidor e filantropo americano. Eu sou o investidor mais bem sucedido do mundo. Acredito fortemente em doar enquanto vivo' Tive uma ideia que nunca me mudou de ideia de que vocÃª deveria usar sua riqueza para ajudar as pessoas e decidi doar {â‚¬ 1.500.000,00} um milhÃ£o e quinhentos mil euros para indivÃduos selecionados aleatoriamente em todo o mundo. Depois de receber este e-mail, considere-se o sortudo, pois seu endereÃ§o de e-mail foi escolhido online durante a pesquisa aleatÃ³ria. Entre em contato comigo o mais rÃ¡pido possÃvel antes de viajar para o Reino Unido para meu tratamento, para que eu saiba que seu endereÃ§o de e-mail Ã© vÃ¡lido. (warren.e.buffett0177@gmail.com)

Obrigado por aceitar nossa oferta, estamos realmente gratos. VocÃª pode pesquisar meu nome no Google para mais

informaÃ§Ãµes: Warren Buffet OU vocÃª visita minha instituiÃ§Ã£o de caridade

site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

Deus o abenÃ§oe.
Cumprimentos
senhor. Warren E. Buffett Investidor BilionÃ¡rio

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