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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: Sherry Heitler <gdramanco@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:58:09 +0100
Subject: Compensation Notice


Attn:| The Manager / Director CEO,
Your Ref â„–.: USSCJD/IDPF/709/SGT43658/2022

Greetings!

This message refers to inform you that our Dept., here in New York, U.S.A
was notified by the Manager of the Bank in Africa last week, that you were
diagnosed with Covid-19 and seriously admitted in the ICU at the Hospital,
as the reason they have not communicated details of your "US$2,750,000.00
Compensation Funds Release Order to you. The prolonged compensation fund
was ruled in your favour by the Chief Judge of the U.S Supreme Court of
Justice of New York, U.S.A. Therefore, this fund should be released/paid to
you based on the Scam/fraudulent perpetrated under your "*Name And/or With
Your Company's Email Data-Profile*", as the Contractor Beneficiary and/or
Inheritance of the contract(s), through the Foreign Exchange Operations
Branch of the InterBank Clearing House of New York, U.S.A for you to
recover all your associating cost, which was filed against you by U.S Cyber
Fraud and Financial Crime Unit.

Fundamentally, we will require your cordial "*CONFIRMATION OF HIS MESSAGE
AS TRUE OR FALSE*", before my sending you the Compensation Funds Release
Order Letter through our Dept., Email : ( interBankclearingDept@usa.com ).

Warmth Regards,
_______________________________
HON SHERRY HEITLER | Chief Court Administrator
☎Tel/Fax: 001 (0212) 963-7904 |✉Office Email:
interBankclearingDept@usa.com
NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT | AUBURN, NY 10007, NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A

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