419 scam: "Mr. Paul Barnett,"<info@hotmail.com> Investment benefit

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- banettp@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- respectfully, mr. paul barnett & mr. david crawford. e-mail:banettp@rediffmail.com e-mail:banettp@hotmail.com (Rediffmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Paul Barnett," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <banettp@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 06:43:29 +0530
Subject: Investment benefit

Hello,

My name is Mr. Paul Barnett, I am working with the Dana Petroleum Plc,
with my colleague Mr. David Crawford.

We are looking for a prospective business partner in your country, with
good investment project plans (E.g Real Estate, Construction, Engineering,
Energy, Trading or any other lucrative business ventures).

This has relatively made us very busy as we are supervising the oil field
contracts, and also supervising some of the oil exploration contracts at
the North Sea. In the events of these, we got involved in a crude oil
supply deal which promised 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 such huge amount of funds, after which we will go into details
to explain the simple details of realizing the objectives without delay.

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

Respectfully,
Mr. Paul Barnett &
Mr. David Crawford.
E-mail:banettp@rediffmail.com
E-mail:banettp@hotmail.com

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