419 scam: John Peter <ika@ums.ac.id> dear friend

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- silverlynrojas421@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: John Peter <ika@ums.ac.id>
Reply-To: silverlynrojas421@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:37:31 +0000
Subject: dear friend

dear friend

How are you today? I think it's been a long time since our last
communication. In any case, I will contact you again in connection with our
previous transaction, which was not successful for you. Unfortunately, your
partnership with me cannot complete the funds transfer. I don't know, maybe
due to a lot of pressure you have to put up with your interest in the deal.

In any case, I am pleased to inform you of my success in receiving funds
transferred by a new partner from Venezuela. I am currently in Venezuela
for investment. However, I did not forget my previous efforts and tried to
help me with the transfer of the fund, despite the fact that we could not
come to a concrete conclusion. Thanks to my efforts to help me, my new
partner and I have decided to compensate you with 850,000.00 euros so that
you can enjoy joy and happiness with us.

I left your compensation visa for my secretary to help me send it. Now
contact my secretary in Togo, her name is Ms. Silverlyn Rojas, and her
email address is (silverlynrojas421@gmail.com). Tell her to send you an
$850,000 Visa ATM card. I am currently very busy in Venezuela due to the
investment projects I have with my new partner. Quickly contact Ms.
Silverlyn Rojas, tell her where to send the countervailing visa. The card
will be sent to you immediately. I wish you good luck in all your endeavors.

Sincerely
John Peter

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam