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An Email with the Subject "HELLO CAN YOU RECEIVE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FOR ME??" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:16:12 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "JAMES GOODMAN JR."<jamesgoodmanjr@cbn.org>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
GREETINGS TO YOU, I KNOW THIS MAIL MAY REACH YOU BY SURPRISE SINCE WE NEVER HAD ANY FORMAL CORRESPONDANCE BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE IT'S ALL FOR GOOD. I AM JAMES GOODMAN JR., A NIGERIAN AND I WORK WITH THE APEX BANK IN NIGERIA. A LARGE SUM OF MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY ME IN A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA. THE AMOUNT IS $10.5M USD (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY) I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN RECEIVE THE FUND ON MY BEHALF AS THE BENEFICIARY.A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU ON HOW I GOT THE LARGE SUM OF MONEY AND HOW IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH A DIPLOMATIC CURRIER SERVICE. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEND ANY MONEY TO ME FOR ANY REASON. I AM GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL EXPENSES OVER HERE IN MY COUNTRY BUT I WANT YOU TO INFORM ME IMMEDIATELY IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE CONSIGNMENT (TRUNK BOX) IN YOUR COUNTRY BEFORE THE FUND WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY A DIPLOMAT. YOUR RESPONSE NEEDED. REGARDS, JAMES GOODMAN JR.