419 scam: "Mr.George Culmer" <investconsult@clarofree.com> Investment Plan!!

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "million united states 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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.
- georgeculmer2014@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.George Culmer" <investconsult@clarofree.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: georgeculmer2014@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 07:16:17 -0500
Subject: Investment Plan!!

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$15,000,000 ( Fifteen Million United States
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 to: (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. Send your
reply through my private :(georgeculmer2014@gmail.com).
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
Yours Truly,
Mr. George Culmer Group Finance Director

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