419 scam: "IYA PATARKATSISHVILI"<iya@no.com> HELLO

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "l.patarkatsishvili@live.de" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "IYA PATARKATSISHVILI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <l.patarkatsishvili@live.de>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:14:26 +0100
Subject: HELLO

Hello,

I am Iya Patarkatsishvili daughter of late Georgian billionaire Mr Badri Patarkatsishvili. For a while i have been on exile with my mother and sister as there have been attempts on our lives. The perpetrator behind this attempt is no other than my late father's business associate (Joseph Kay) due to inheritance feuds that has ensued since the death of my father died. Currently, the situation is been handled in several world courts. As a result of this situation i have been in hiding in a small Island around the south pacific ocean. We have peace and we intend settling here for a while till the issue is completely resolved.

Before my father's death, he deposited the sum of 312.5million dollars in a united kingdom bank, in my name on my 27th Birthday. At this time, we would need your help in retrieving the money as it is currently in a bank in England. I would issue you a power of Attorney to act on my behalf.

The project has some constraints to it, if you are willing to help reprocess the funds, we would offer you 10% of the sum which amounts to 31.2 million dollars as you do not need to do so much in getting this funds out. Due to some circumstances beyond our control that is why i contacted you to act on my behalf. I got your contact while searching for a trust worthy and business oriented personality in the internet. If you know you can handle this please get back to me with the details below:

Name, occupation, sex, address and location, mobile number, a valid identity card. There has to be a very high level of trust here as we cannot compromise the success of this transaction.

Note that you can only contact me via email, i can only contact you via phone if the need be, for security reasons. As soon as i confirm your reliability, trust and dedication, i will reveal the bank where the money is deposited and all the relevant documents so as to give you an insight and instruction on where i would be needing your help. As a result of my safety and yours, please try to involve a high level of confidentiality as some risk might come with handling this transaction especially when it comes to my where about at the moment. You can contact me via my private email.

l.patarkatsishvili@live.de

I await your response. Thank you.

Iya.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam