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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.George Culmer" <investconsult2@clarofree.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: georgeculmer2014@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 08:27:20 -0500
Subject: GOOD DAY!! ( INVESTMENT PLAN)

Dear Partner,

Please tolerate any inconvenience this correspondence might give you at
the course of trying to know who i am, quiet unfortunate we have not
really gotten familiar to each other before but due to the need of the
proposition i intent to present to you i was compelled to go through
your profile via Internet search and i was very interest to do this
business investment plan with you. Please i would like to explain the
details of the investment plan. I write to request your co-operation in
my desire to find a foreign partner who will assist me in relocating
and investing of the sum of £6.5M Great British Pounds (Six Million
Five hundred thousand Pounds Sterling) which is presently available in
my bank and in my possession.

It is very clearly that i decided that the huge amount will be
invested in your country on your behalf. But if you are capable to
receive all the fund into your country account, it will be okay. My
name is Mr. George Culmer, I am banker by profession with the Lloyds
Banking Group London and, i am the chief account officer to Late Mr.
Lam Kok who died in a helicopter crash in France while inspecting one of
his new acquisitions, and no body has operated or knew about this fund.
I have all the files concerning this fund with me because I was the
Account Manager of the Deceased the owner of the fund. The owner of
the fund is "Mr. Lam Kok who died on 21 December 2013 in a helicopter
crash that happened as he was surveying his newly-purchased vineyard in
south-west France.

Please follow the link to read more about his story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25476662 .
The need to move out this money arose when the Prime Minister said that
some of the money held in dormant accounts would be used to fund youth
and community projects. For your easy confirm Please View the
website Below.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

I will be glad if you can stand as beneficiary to receive this money in
your country as this fund can only be paid to any foreigner who lives
outside UK . And i would invest my share in your Country. The
modalities of sharing is 50/50 percent. The entire plan and documents
of this transaction will be processed by a government accredited
Lawyer which will be handled by us and the documents shall be forwarded
to you during the process. I also want to assure you that this business
is 100% free from risk. You can as well enclose your direct telephone
numbers for discussion of this offer in further details. Let me have
your Full Name, Confidential Telephone, Fax and Mobile Numbers and also
your Contact Address in response to this proposal if you are
interested. Send your reply through my private
:(georgeculmer2014@gmail.com). For more details about the deal only if
you are interested to actualize this deal with me
Best Regards
Mr.George Culmer

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