419 scam: "George Lucas"<info@info.com> Greetings to you,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "George Lucas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gorgelucas01@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09.54.09 +0200
Subject: Greetings to you,

Hello,

Greetings to you,

My name is George Lucas , I’m a citizen of South Africa base in Zaire, I’m an independent business man who deals in casino equipments and I’m also an agent to diamonds business in Zaire, but at the moment there is a problem in Zaire which involved my business , but presently I’m in France at the moment.

I need your assistance as a lawyer and broker towards the business i have at hand, i have a good friend whom is a citizen of Zaire formerly working with their reserved central bank but now resigned because of the problem in their country as at the moment he is with me here in France .

We have some capital about 30 million euros which we want you to use your personality to invest for us in Europe here, presently the cash has been moved down to Europe through special arrangement without any problem , we will appreciate to know your conditions if you are interested .

We will be expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.

Thanks,

George Lucas.

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