419 scam: Amber P Sutton <oimushni@gmail.com> HELPING HAND NEEDED

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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:

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:
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Amber P Sutton <oimushni@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amdstd11@pm.me
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:00:26 +0000
Subject: HELPING HAND NEEDED

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Greetings,

Please, I need your urgent assistance in securing the sum of one
million five hundred and twenty thousand dollars($1,520,000); the
funds are surpluses of several contracts executed by my department
during supply of MH (Military Hardware) and MA (Medical Armamentarium)

This fund is currently in Burkina Faso where the contracts were
executed and deposited for safe keeping with a security firm due to
security reason; my desire and purpose is to have the security firm
deliver the funds to you for safe keeping until I return back to the
United States of America in November after the end of my deployment.

If you receive this message, please e-mail me immediately with a
delivery address and your full contact information to indicate your
interest to extend your helping hand to the needy; I am not a greedy
woman and I hope you will not double-cross a struggling uniform single
mother with a teenage child, I am willing to come to an agreed
percentage for assisting to receive this fund for me until I return
back to the United States of America in November.

May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to the needy!

Please reply and more information will be given to you.

Yours Sincerely,
Amber P Sutton

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