419 scam: "P.T Ltd" <tomanid2@gmail.com> I have a message for you

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- akufopatricia28@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "P.T Ltd" <tomanid2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:10:54 +0000
Subject: I have a message for you

Dear Good Friend,

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia.
Presently I am in Indonesia for investment projects with my own share
of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didnâ€™t forget your past efforts to
assist me in transferring those funds despite the fact that it failed
us somehow. I appreciate your efforts at that time very much.

Now contact my secretary in Lome Togo, her name is Mrs. Patricia
Akufo, Email:(akufopatricia28@gmail.com) she will send you ATM Card
the sum of USD $920,000.00. (Nine Hundred And Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars) which i kept for your compensation money. Send to her
the address where she will send it to you, so you can withdraw the
money from any bank Atm machine in your country. Please do let me know
immediately when you receive it so that we can share the joy after all
the suffering at that time.

At the moment I am very busy here in Indonesia because of the
investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand,
finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my bank to send
you the card, so feel free to get in touch with my secretary without
any delay.

Thanks and God bless you

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam