419 scam: "Mr. George Culmer" <mrgeorgeculmer@outlook.com> Re: business proposal

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. George Culmer" <mrgeorgeculmer@outlook.com>
Reply-To: p.private93@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 09:53:06 -0500
Subject: Re: business proposal

Greetings To You
From: Mr. George Culmer.

I am Mr George Culmer, the Chief Financial Officer of Lloyds Banking Group. I
personally discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $85,000,000.00
[EIGHTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS] during our Bank's Annual Year Account Auditing.
Since the death of the deceased, nobody has operated in this account
till date.
Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely,
this fund
will be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for a
period of [10] year without any claims. In this regard, I earnestly need your
full cooperation in transferring this money out of our bank to avoid our bank
confiscating this fund.

HOW THE TRANSACTION CAN BE HANDLED: As the group finance director of our bank,
all our client account details and file are in my possession and that makes it
easy for me to include your name as the beneficiary of the fund in all
necessary
documents involving the money we wish to transfer out from our bank.

Most importantly, you will be required to:
(1). Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
(2). Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
(3). At the completion of this transaction, the sharing rates shall be 50% for
me while 50% for you.

Note: I will split the transfer into two 2 stages for easy and smooth
transfer.
I will first transfer USD$5,000,000.00 MILLION DOLLARS to any valid foreign
account you will nominate, then upon a successful transfer of the fund; I will
then fly to meet you in your home destination for sharing, thereafter we will
jointly transfer the remaining balance of USD$80,000,000.00.MILLION DOLLAR for
big investment in your country.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project let us proceed immediately.

Anticipating for your positive response for more details.

PRIVATE EMAIL: p.private2017@outlook.com

I AWAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.
Yours truly,
George Culmer.

Bank Website: www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

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