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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 Culmer" <pin.pin01@ymail.com>
Reply-To: pvtmail35@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 06:14:26 -0500
Subject: Good day.



Good day,

I NEED YOUR COOPERATION TO TRANSFER total sum of £32,000.000.00-[Thirty Two
Million British Pounds Sterling} here in our bank.

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 £32,000.000.00-[Thirty Two
Million British Pounds Sterling}


I will provide all necessary information needed in order to claim this
money.Hoping in God that you will never let me down now or in future,
Your full
name, occupation and phone number is needed,Let me hear from you With
trust and
believe. I am constrained to issue more details about this business
transaction
until your response is received. As the Executive Director and Chief Financial
Officer of our 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 business transaction reply
back to me as
soon as possible now through my private email below for more details:

PRIVATE EMAIL: pinpvtmail@yahoo.com

Anticipating for your positive response for more details.

Yours truly,

Mr. George Culmer

www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

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