419 scam: shelly george <shelly_george2@hotmail.co.uk> Urgent

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: shelly george <shelly_george2@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <george_shelly1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:04:52 +0000
Subject: Urgent

Hello Dear Friend,

We did not know each other but this may bring us together. I got your contact from International business directory.Believe me I don’t really know how to start, somehow am shy to say this about myself facing a case of marriage dissolution. My name is Amanda Shelly George, I’m 31 years of age; I am from West Midlands, United Kingdom. I have been married actually, but my husband had just filed for dissolution of our marriage.

Right now as I'm writing to you the divorce suit is pending in court here in United Kingdom, apparently if he succeeds it means he will be entitled to half of my money and property I inherited from my late father. Because I know that was the reason why he filed for divorce paper, my God knows I love him so much, but due to that i hate his promiscuous life he decided that we divorce. Though I have invested most of my father’s property on him in order to make him happy, yet all was in vain. Right now I have (£5.5 million pounds sterling) fixed deposited in the Bank. I have contacted you to assist me in transferring this money to your nominated foreign bank account before the court decides the divorce case. I can't let it happen because nobody will take care of my 2 kids.

Please if you will be of help on this transfer, I will never forget you. And I know if I have not offended you, if this proposition offends your moral values, please do accept my apology as i look forward to hearing from you soon. In the next mail I will be sending some of my nice pictures to you for identification.
With best regards,

Amanda Shelly George.

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