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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: "Maria SussanDerick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <susanderrick8897@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:54:16 -0700
Subject: STOP CONTACTING THOSE PEOPLE I SAW YOUR NAME IN THE LIST

My names are Mrs. Mary Susan Derrick. I am a US citizen and a pediatrician by
profession,and i own a private company. My company branch located in the united kingdom are one of those that fell for
the BEC(business email compromise) scam 4 Years ago when a sum of $400.000.00 which was meant for the purchase of goods was mysteriously
hacked into a fraudulent account and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $26,000 trying to get my
Payment all to no avail. latter i found out i have been defrauded of my hard Earned money So I decided to travel down to United Kingdom with all my documents to prove my case,
And I was directed to meet Mrs Philipia Amstrong, who is a member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office in the United states of America ,i had to fly back to the USA and I contacted her and she explained everything to me. she said Whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

She took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation Funds of $500,000.00 from the Nation Wide Bank USA

Moreover, Mrs Philipia Amstrong, showed me the full information of those who have been Scammed through business email compromise, lottery scams, dating scams and job scam
etc. that are yet to receive their payments and job placements and I saw you as one of the Beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop
Dealing with those people, they are not with your fund,they don't love you and they have no job for you they are only making
money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mrs Philipia Amstrong.

You have to contact her directly on this information below.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Name : Mrs Philipia Amstrong
Email: amtrongphilip@gmail.com
Phone: confidential

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in any way with them, they are Only taking advantage of you and they
will dry you up until you have nothing. For Companies who have lost huge amounts through Alibaba websites you also have to Reach the mentioned name above

The only money I paid after I met Mrs Philipia Amstrong was just $455 for the paper Works, take note of that.But this is because my case involved a huge amount so various cases vary
depending on what you lost to the scammers

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mrs Philipia Amstrong so that she can help you to deliver your fund instead of dealing with
Those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to Complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Mary Susan Derrick

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