419 scam: "Mr.Paul George" <mrpaul@virgilio.it> Joint Venture business can i trust you on this?

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr_paul76@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Paul George" <mrpaul@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: mrpaul827@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:29:08 -0500
Subject: Joint Venture business can i trust you on this?

From :Mr Paul George.
Attn :Sir/Madam.

I am an investment consultant working with a Bank here in United
Kingdom I will
be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or
personal Bank
Account and if you are capable to keep TOP SECRET. I need strong
Assurance that
you will never let me down, if I transfer this money to your account.
During one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts
with holding
balance of 32,000,000 (Thirty Two Million British Pounds)
Let me hear from you if you are interested If you know that you are capable to
handle large or small amount on trust and can keep secret and ready to
take 40%
of any amount I transfer to your account from the dormant account and I will
take 60%, send the following information by return mail

Beneficiary Bank name.........................?
Bank address....................................?
Account no.......................................?
Swift code.......................................?
Account name...................................?
Beneficiary address............................?
Your phone no...................................?
State & Country.................................?
Your Occupation.................................?
Age....................................?

Tell me more about yourself, while I look forward to receive the above
information. I want to re-assure you that this business is risk-free and you
can send an empty account to receive the funds, provided that the account is
capable to receive incoming funds.

Thank you for your time and attention, I looked forward to receive your prompt
reply to my E-mail address: mr_paul76@yahoo.co.uk
Warmest regards,

Mr. Paul George.

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