419 scam: "Tommy Ebiaozo" <tommyebiaazo@yahoo.com> Re: HANDLE THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION

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:

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:
- "million us 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)
- "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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- tommyebiaozo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tommy Ebiaozo" <tommyebiaazo@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <tommyebiaozo@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:30:26 +0200
Subject: Re: HANDLE THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION

>From Mr. P E. Tommy

Re: Translation of $26,100,000.00 US Dollars.

I am Paul E. Tommy, I have an investor under my portfolio with a deposit savings of $26.100,000.00 USD as first initial deposit. This investor her husband and kids died in plane crash many years ago leaving no WILL or AUTHORISATION for Re-transfer of investment and its proceeds to the INHERITOR.

Since I was her appointed attorney at the time of signing the deposit bond agreement With First Trust Security Ltd, a letter was sent to me to provide her next of kin hence the name was withheld.

I have personally carried out an investigation on the subject matter and was made to understand that the relatives of the investor knows nothing about her investment with the firm and none have any records of this deposit and investment with First Trust Security Ltd.

If you are interested for claiming the said funds I want to present external foreign person as the INHERITOR or partner/Representative to the deceased. with proper documentation that will qualify you to have the funds claimed, and i will make sure that we comply with the banking ethics of claiming the investment, I am assuring you of your personality risk free.

All I required in pure heart is a partner to work with and achieve this transaction. Hence I can not do this alone, i deem it better dealing with an external person to enable the transaction lay covered after a successfully execution.

Pertaining the disbursement of the 26.1million us dollars, I am willing to let you have 40% of the total sum, while 60% will be for me.

I expect your respond also to my Email:tommyebiaozo@gmail.com, when i hear from you we can talk for more understanding as this matter require an urgent follow up. Please your earliest respond will be highly appreciated.

Sincerely.
Tommy

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam