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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: "George Culmer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infogeorgec@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:50:24 +0100
Subject: PARTNER WITH ME

From: Mr. George Culmer
25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN

Warm Greetings To You
My name is George Culmer I represent Lloyds banking Group United Kingdom. One of our clients wants to invest good sum in your Country, We therefore seeking for the reliable person to handle the investment since my client remains a silent investor in this project. Seeing that you have Good profile we propose this business to you. Reply With your full name and mobile number if this business interests you and I will write/Call you to discuss more in details. you can contact me via my private email ID here.
http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/our-group/directors/executive-directors/

PLEASE REPLY WITH YOUR MOBILE TEL FOR MORE DETAILS: Lloydsbankculmer@workmail.com
Mr. George Culmer.
Mob: +447087663737
Fax: +448458740990

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