419 scam: Mr George Culmer <mrgeorge41@ymail.com> From: Mr. George Culmer...

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrculmer682@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr George Culmer <mrgeorge41@ymail.com>
Reply-To: mrculmer390@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:49:30 -0600
Subject: From: Mr. George Culmer...

From: Mr. George Culmer
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer.
LLoyds Banking Group United Kingdom.
Greetings To You !!!!!

Firstly, I am Mr.George Culmer, the Executive Director and Chief Financial
Officer of Lloyds Banking Group United Kingdom.

I am contacting you for a legitimate business transaction strictly for you and
me alone. I personally discovered a dormant

account with a total sum of USD$95,000,000.00 (NINETY FIVE MILLION
UNITED STATE
DOLLARS) here in our bank. The owner of

this dormant account died on 4th Jan 2002. Since his death, nobody has
operated
in his account because the account has NO

BENEFICIARY attached to it. According to our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS
and decision
imposed by the new British Prime Minister

David Cameron; this dormant fund will be confiscated by law and will
be diverted
to the British Treasury as Unclaimed fund

if it remains dormant for a period of [11] Eleven years without any claim.

I therefore solicit for your sincere cooperation in transferring this dormant
fund to your foreign account as the foreign

beneficiary of the fund to avoid confiscating it by our bank. I will split the
transfer into two 2 stages for easy and

smooth transfer. This transaction will be done in a legitimate
procedure within
7-8 banking days to avoid any breach of

the law. HOW THE TRANSACTION CAN BE HANDLED: As the Executive Director
and Chief
Financial Officer of Lloyds 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:

- Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
- Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
- At the completion of this transaction, the sharing rates shall be 55% for me
while 45% for you.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project reply back to me as soon as
possible now through my private email below for more details:
mrculmer682@yahoo.com

Anticipating for your positive response for more details.

Yours truly,
Mr.George Culmer.

www.lloyds banking group.com

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