419 scam: "Lt-Col Tadeu A. D. S. Hikatala (Rtd)" <zzzxyz101@yahoo.com> KINDLY GET BACK TO ME, THIS IS VERY URGENT

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: "Lt-Col Tadeu A. D. S. Hikatala (Rtd)" <zzzxyz101@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tadeu101@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 11:32:01 -0400
Subject: KINDLY GET BACK TO ME, THIS IS VERY URGENT

- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Greetings,
My name is Lt-Col Tadeu Agostinho Dos Santos Hikatala (Rtd), I am an Angolan citizen residing in New York, U.S. Unitil late last year, I was the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola. I resigned and left the country unceremoniously due to an unfortunate event of which the president is fully aware of and which I will make known to you as we proceed.
I am writing you this brief letter to seek for your assistance to help me clear and receive into your account the sum of US$250Million. This is very urgent.
Regards,
Lt-Col Tadeu A. D. S. Hikatala (Rtd)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam