419 scam: Areeni Sookrama <aw1wiom2@gmail.com> Re: Message from Areeni Sookrama,

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: Areeni Sookrama <aw1wiom2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: areensookram@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:49:36 +0000
Subject: Re: Message from Areeni Sookrama,

--
Attention: Dear,

Good Day,

I'm well pleased to contact you today based on your good profiles I
red, I heard about business growth in your country but I don't know
how I will invest my fund in your country because of scam men and I
don't know whom to trust, My name is Areeni Sookrama, I want to
respectfully seek for your help to invest my fund in your country. I
am in search of stable business to invest on in your country as I
intended to come over to your country after the fund been transferred
to your Bank to continue my investments and my Studies.

I want you to help me manage this fund in your country as a citizen
because I knows there is Governmental tax on it. I don't want people
to misguide me on this fund or scam me because of my lack of knowing
your country investments laws that is why I need a honest person and I
contacted you with trust, I believe through you my funds will be
secured and well invested in your country legally.

I need your trust and your help to invest the valuable fund in your
country successfully through your directives.

I wait for your response

Regards,

Areeni Sookrama

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam