419 scam: "Warren E. Buffett" <topoftheworld@blue.plala.or.jp> My Charitable Donations

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- warrenbuffettw96@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Warren E. Buffett" <topoftheworld@blue.plala.or.jp>
Reply-To: warrenbuffettw96@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:21:34 +0900
Subject: My Charitable Donations

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Address: 3555 Farnam Street. Suite 1440. Omaha, NE 68131, USA

Greetings,

How are you and your Family? I hope all is well. My name is Warren Edward Buffett, an American Business Magnate, Investor and Philanthropist. I'm the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. I hope this information meets you well as I know you will be curious to know how/why I selected you to receive My charity donation fund the sum of $5 Million United States Dollars.

My wife and I decided to donate the sum of $5,000,000,00 USD to you as part of our charity project to improve Ten lucky individuals all over the world from our $12 Billion USD Charity Project, I and My Wife Mapped out to help people before she died. We prayed and searched over the internet for assistance because I saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. Susan, my wife and I have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. My wife has cancer and unfortunately she died at Colchester regional hospital, My wife just didn't die but she was a great person and I miss her so much and this is why I have decided to do one thing I promised her forever. I am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live. although I am a Billionaire investor and we have helped some charity organizations from our fund.

You see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family members, Before she died we decided to donate the remaining of our Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in Turro where Susan underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, alzheimer's and diabetes. I've kept just 40% of my wealth for Myself for the remaining time because I am sick and am writing to you from the hospital's sick bed, I don't know when I will die.

To facilitate the payment process of the donation funds ($5,000,000.00USD) which have been donated solely to you, Kindly contact My private email address (warrenbuffettw96@gmail.com) and reconfirm your personal details as listed below:

Full Name:
Gender/Date of birth:
Country:
Home Address:
Occupation:
Direct Mobile Number:
Passport Copy, ID card or DL:

I would like to re-assure you of the legitimacy of this email as I will not be involved in any fraudulent act and will never be because I am a role model in the United States and around the globe. Please use the money wisely, I only want to fulfil My Wife's wish to help people that are in need around the world, this is the only thing that makes my wife happy even now that she is not here with me anymore, we have too much to give because I know that I don't have time to live on earth.

I will advise you as the prospective lucky person to be calm and not to lose this great opportunity which Millions of people are trying to entangled but the chances just couldn't come for them because a lot of people are out there to discourage them as they don't know how it works, and have never seen such before.

Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience.

Warm regards.
Mr. Warren E. Buffett.

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