419 scam: "Engr. Acosta Trana Pedro Pablo" <karen@victorystudios.office> Anticipating your response

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Acosta Trana Pedro Pablo" <karen@victorystudios.office>
Reply-To: <tranaacosta@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:53:30 -0700
Subject: Anticipating your response

Hello Sir,

I am Engineer Acosta Trana Pedro Pablo, I'm a Nicaraguense nationale, lived and worked in Naftogaz Ukrainy, the largest national oil and gas company of Ukraine. Shortly after the breakout of the war in Ukraine, I connived with the head of accounts of the corporation and we moved a large sum of money running into millions of dollars to a safe and secure national vault of a country in Europe.

I am now looking for an experienced and professional fund manager either an individual or a corporate body, that can partner with me for investment/s in high yielding but less risky ventures in a stable economy. If you have the capacity and professionalism to handle such an important project, kindly indicate your interest with your direct phone/whats-app number for more clarifications.

Thanks

Regards,

Engr. Acosta Trana Pedro Pablo.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam