419 scam: "Mr.John G. Roberts Jr"<info2024@hotmail.com.com> Dear Sir/Madam,

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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- usjustice4@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.John G. Roberts Jr"<info2024@hotmail.com.com>
Reply-To: courtjusticesfile1@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:15:16 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Sir/Madam,

With respect to this honourable Supreme Court of the United States of America, we wish to inform you that our investigation has revealed that you are the real beneficiary of the aforementioned fund of US$10.5, but only that you have been dealing with unauthorised individuals in the past, which has regularly led us to receive reports about being cheated on several occasions, especially from Africa, Asia, and some parts of Europe and America.

Meanwhile, we assure you with every sense of conviction and authority that we are now very ready to relocate/repatriate these funds back to you (as the rightful owner) as soon as we hear from you. We also would like to let you know that your further silence and delay will lead to the cancellation of every arrangement done so far concerning the remittance of these funds into your account.

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR FULL CONTACT INFORMATION BELLOWING

Your full name
Current address:
Telephone number:
Age
A copy of your identification card

Treat with urgency,

Hon. John G. Roberts Jr.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Email;usjustice4@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam