419 scam: "Hassan Idowu" <hassanidowu@hotmail.com> Awaiting your prompt response.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +2347093361619 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- hassan.idowu1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- area, p.m.b. 14, garki, abuja tel+234-7093361619 hassan.idowu1@gmail.com dear sir/madam i know this will come to you as a surprised (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hassan Idowu" <hassanidowu@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hassan.idowu1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:09:35 +0800
Subject: Awaiting your prompt response.

Federal government of Nigeria
Office of Ministry of finance
Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area,
P.M.B. 14, Garki, Abuja
Tel+234-7093361619
hassan.idowu1@gmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam

I know this will come to you as a surprised ,but I chose to tell you the
truth because of my Sincere wish to treat every man, as I would expect to
be treated. My name is Dr. Hassan Idowu, a management staff of the Federal
Ministry of Finance. Following the directive from the office of the
president of the federal republic of Nigeria Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, a
thorough investigation was conducted on all foreign contract payment file
including all contract awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation,(NNPC) and other government agencies with directors of all
commercial banks in charges of all inheritance funds in Nigeria.

During the exercise, we discovered that some payment files has been
abandoned unclaimed for a long time due to some stringent logistics, I
noticed that it will take a long process for this money to be released due
to some irregularities detected. During our investigation, we found out
that some foreign contractors /inheritance beneficiaries had spent so much
money in trying to realize this contract payment, which did not even
reflect in the file here.

Please find here under the posing reasons why they have not been able to
get the money so far,Those who intimately/introduced there foreign partner
into the transaction were unable to Draw a Bilateral/Binding Agreement
with them as Sub-Contractor thereby, denying them being issued with
contractors certified Job card and original contract award certificate
from the office of the presidency, although the fund is still existing in
their respective payment agencies here in Nigeria.

In view of this I have proffered solution to fill up the vacuum that will
facilitate the ease movement of the funds into your bank account
hitch-free. Upper mostly please note that you are not the original
contractor/inheritance. This total sum of us$42,500,000.00 (forty two
million five hundred thousand United States dollars only), which will be
shared between you and I in the ratio of 50:50.Having meticulously worked
out the modalities and logistics, with my position and as part of my
profession, I will be solely responsible of re-verifying all the mutilated
and battered documents related to this matter.

I am offering you this because as civil servants, we do not have the
necessary foreign account machinery to successfully handle this
transaction. Therefore it becomes necessary to source for a foreign
company or individual with the capability to act as the original
beneficiary of the contract /Inheritance .It is a good thing that the
president has endorsed the resolution passed by the senate committee on
foreign contract payment that all foreign Contractors/inheritance
beneficiaries owed by the federal government of Nigeria and its agencies
should be paid, we will seize this good opportunity to purport you as one
of the beneficiaries to be paid.

The only things needed for these us$42.5 million to be transferred into
your account are as follows.

(A) New account details for the remittance of the above sum which shall be
normalize at the federal high court to tally with the transfer of this
payment.
(B)Your direct contact telephone number and fax.
(C) A copy of your international passport or any valid ID.

For your information, there will be no bureaucracy or misfortune. Please
this is strictly a deal and if you are willing to make this deal with me,
kindly email to me your letter of acceptance along with the above stated
information. Contact me immediately on the below email address
hassanidowu@hotmail.com or Telephone and furnishing me with the required
details or discard this letter if you are not interest,

But keep it away from any third party please.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Hassan Idowu
Tel+234-7093361619

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