419 scam: "Mr. Paul Barnett" <alextahurualex@outlook.com> I await for your immediate

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Paul Barnett" <alextahurualex@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <paul.barnett233@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:14:11 +0200
Subject: I await for your immediate

Dear Sir,

I am impressed with the content of your profile.

I am looking for a prospective business partner in your country, with good investment project plan.

My name is Mr. Paul Barnett, I am working with Dana Petroleum as Managing Director, and recently held senior management roles for Hess Corporation in Libya and Russia.

This has made me relatively very busy as I am supervising the oil field contract previously under Bow Valley, I am supervising some of the oil exploration contracts at the North Sea. In the event of this, I got involved in a crude oil supply deal which promised a huge returns, and you are invited to partnership with us in an investment of mutual interest worth of 35Million Euros.

We need to know if you will be able to handle a business transaction involving this amount of money after, which we will go into details to explain the simple detail of realizing this objective without delays.

I await for your immediate response, as soon as you confirm this mail.

Respectfully,

Mr. Paul Barnett.

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