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Did you receive an email from a "Dr. George James who wants "to compensate you with that amount for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter" Just contact "Mr. Michael Larry".
It's the usual "over-invoiced account" scam! "Dr. George James only wants you to help them defraud the customer, that's all.
Even if this were all true, you would be committing several felonies and would end up in prison. In reality, it is all a scam. Dr. George James (not his real name, obviously) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune. If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Notice (highlighted below) some of the other obvious signs that this is a scam are poor spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no sense, etc.:
Compliment Of The Season.
How are you doing. Hope you have not forgotten me, I am Dr. George James the man from West Africa who contacted you some time ago to assist me secure the release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a contract inheritance and Next Of Kin that was awarded by my government some time ago during the time of the formal prisdent Olusegun Obasunjo. Though you were not able to asist me conclude the transaction, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transffered under the assistance and cooperation of a new partner from Brazil.
Presently I am in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assit me in transffering those funds, I made sure you are not left out the benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.($500,000.00)Draft. I and my new partner agreed to compensate you with that amount for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much,so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr. Michael Larry and instruct him on how to send the Bank draft to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive the Draft so that we share the joy together after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, she will send the Draft to you,so feel free to get intouch with my secretary now.
Below is the contact of my secetary:
Name: Mr. Michael Larry
E-mail: mr.michaellarry53@yahoo.it
Best Regard.
DR. GEORGE JAMES.
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