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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: "George Culmer" <investconsult@clarofree.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: investconsult67@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 11:57:54 -0500
Subject: Investment Business Plan!!!

DEAR Friend,
Good day, 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 US$60M(Sixty Million Dollars ) which is
presently available in my bank and in my possession. I am Mr.George
Culmer, the Group Finance Director of Lloyds Banking Group. I personally
discovered a dormant account worth huge amount of Money 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. Most importantly, you will be
required. (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. 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. And i would invest my share
in your Country. I am offering you 50% of total sum after the transfer
while 50% will be my share. The entire plan and documents of this
transaction will be processed by a Government accredited Lawyer which
will be handled by me 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. I would like to give you further details of the position of
the funds and what you have to do when I get your response. Please, if
you're ready to assist me in this situation kindly provide me your
personal data and your contact address to proceed forward. I AWAIT YOUR
URGENT REPLY. Yours Truly, George Culmer (Group Financial Director (LBG)

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