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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: "Mr. George Culmer" <mrgeorgeculmer@outlook.com>
Reply-To: mrgculmer11@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:34:15 -0500
Subject: Re: business proposal



My Dear Friend
Greetings To You
From: Mr. George Culmer.

I Am Mr. George Culmer. A Banker From Lloyds Banking Group United Kingdom, I
Discover a dormant account with a total sum of £126 million pounds in my Bank
Department. I want transfer this dormant fund to your foreign account as the
foreign beneficiary of the fund. I will first transfer £26 million
pounds to any
valid foreign account you will nominate. After a successful transfer of the
fund, I will fly to meet you in your home destination for sharing.
Thereafter we
jointly transfer the remaining balance of £100 million pounds for big
investments in your Country.

At the completion of this transaction, the sharing rates shall be 55% for me
while 45% for you.

If you are willing to cooperate in this business transaction reply
back to me as
soon as possible now through my private email below to enable us
proceed further
details for the transfer.

Send me the account information as stated below.

Bank name:..............
Bank address:...........
Account number:........
Swift code:...........
Account name:..........
Your Occupation........
Age....................
Your Pasport:..........
Your phone nos........
Your Home & Office Address..

PRIVATE EMAIL: p.private93@outlook.com

I am waiting for your urgent responds to enable us proceed further details for
the transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. George Culmer.

Bank Website: www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

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