419 scam: JIM EDWARD <in4o002271@hotmail.de> HELLO

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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348055920192 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- +2348091145156 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: JIM EDWARD <in4o002271@hotmail.de>
Reply-To: bfmuinfo09@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:36:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HELLO

Attn: I hope this mail will reach you in the best of health and business conditions and receive the most desired attention from you even as we have not had any previous correspondence before. I am constrained by insufficient information about you to express in full the main objectives of this proposal. However, kindly get back to me immediately, for details should be given you if you agree to its content. My name is Dr Mohammad Yaradua, I have some funds to invest in your Company/Organization in your country as you may advise. This Fund is a proceed from the sales of Petroleum Products through the Oil block allocated to me while in Office as Adviser to Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria. The total amount of fund is $23.8 Million. On completion of the transaction, you shall have a benefit of 35% of the fund for your envisaged efforts and assistance rendered, while 5% will be set aside for any expenses incured on the course of the
transaction. 60% will be kept under your care pending my arrival. Details of this proposal will be sent to you as soon as your positive response is received. you would be required to nominate a suitable bank account that will conveniently accommodate the total fund. Account could be a fresh or an already existing one, and could be individual or corporate account. If this offer interest you and knowing that there is no any legal law binding on such transaction in your Country, quickly forward your Company or Business Name, Home/Cell telephone numbers, your Current Home address and your present occupation. The information will be used to process the funds transfer to your designated Bank account as the new Beneficiary of the funds.
This proposal is strictly confidential, free from any form of risk and does not depend on any particular field of trade to prosecute. It however requires your adequate participation and support to enable its accomplishment on schedule. I await your reponse. Sincerely, Mohammad Yar' dua Hassan. +234--809-114-5156 +234-805-592-0192

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