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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 Culme" <mrg212culmer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: culmergculmer@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:11:26 +0000
Subject: Yours Truly.



From: Mr.George Culmer
Group Finance Director of
Lloyds Banking Group United Kingdom.
25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Good Day,

I have a very important request that made me to contact you.I am
Mr.George Culmer and i found your profile very interesting and decided
to reach you directly to solicit your assistance and guidelines in
making a business transaction partnership and transfer of
(85,000,000.00 USD) to your country within the next few banking days.
I presently work as a Group Finance Director of the Lloyds Banking
Group.

But at this moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this
profitable Business Transaction until I get your response by mail.
Please take out a moment of your very busy schedule today to respond
back if you are interested so that i can let you know more about this
transaction.
I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
Yours Truly,
Mr.George Culmer
Group Finance Director

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