advance fee fraud

According to this email, a wealthy widow diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour needs your help to distribute a multi-million dollar investment fund “for the mutual benefit of the orphans and the less privileged ones in your location”.

According to this email, high-profile billionaire Warren Buffett is giving you three million dollars as part of a charity project.

As advance fee scams go, this one is pretty sophisticated. It is professionally presented and, unusually for such scam emails,  it boasts excellent spelling and grammar. 

According to this email, an official with South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Natural Resources has a confidential business proposal for you.

According to this email, you have won $2,970,000 in the Millionaire-Raffle promotion conducted by an entity named “Royal Slots Online”. 

According to this email, a senior banker in Turkey wants to present you as the beneficiary of a multi-million dollar fund left in his late client’s bank account.  

According to this email, charitable organization Oxfam has given you a cash grant of £1,000,000.00. Supposedly, the charity donation is being promoted in conjunction with UNICEF.

According to this message, you have won a large sum of money in a lottery program organized by Facebook.

Scammers use many methods to reach potential victims including email, text messages, and social media posts.

According to this email, 79-year-old, “Abigail” wants to give you $5.7 million to distribute to charity.