419 scam: Paul Tuffa <glorne4@gmail.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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Paul Tuffa <glorne4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ptuffa@mail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:20:37 -0800
Subject: hello

Good Day,

My Name is Mr. Paul Tuffa, the Chief foreign Operating Officer of Standard
Bank of South Africa, I urgently need a reliable foreigner partner to carry
out this important deal with me.

An account was opened in my bank by one of our customers in the name of MR.
THOMAS BAHIA a Dutch National from Germany who made a fixed deposit of
$11,500,000.00 (Eleven Million, five hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) and never showed up again. I later discovered that he died with
his entire family members in a plane crash that occurred in Libya on the
12th of May 2010. Below is a link for your view.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

Now, I want to present a foreigner as the next of kin to late Thomas so we
can make the claim, you can contact me if you are interested for more
detailed information on the transaction. Please, include your private phone
numbers for a voice talk and reply me through this email:

The sharing of the money will be shared in the ratio of 50% for me, 40% for
you and 10% to cover our expenses after the deal. I will be waiting for
your urgent response.

Thanks.

Mr. Paul.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam