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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Marc Gensanne" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marc.g@manlymail.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 23:39:51 +0100
Subject: Re: Get Back to Me

Hello,
Good day. First of all, let me ask how are you doing? I know it will be surprising to you to hear from me again. But all these while, I have always remembered you. As for me, the good lord has always been on my side and my family.
You have not heard from me because I had left the bank and I did lose your contact. Recently, I have been re-appointed into the World Bank. I now head the Audit & Monitoring Unit office in charge. I am also the chief liaison officer to the EU commission. A few days ago, I dabbled into the files and reports of unpaid Inheritance/Contract payments, and also a report of unpaid payments owed to foreign beneficiaries by the various Governments. Surprisingly, I came across your payment file. I was shocked after going through the reports. I found it ridiculous what you have been subjected to pass through in the cause of pursuing your payment.
I want to apologize on behalf of the World Bank for what you have gone through. At the bank, a lot of corruption was going on in the past years. I was unable to succeed in my pursuit to assist you then because of the situations and surroundings.
I assure you the World Bank, EU Commission and the IMF is now supervising and monitoring directly, the activities of those banks responsible for payments. I decided to write you this message because I have made a lot of
consultations and have presented your payment files to the EU commission monitoring office as well for considerations. Now I am in a better office, in a better position to assist you receive your Inheritance/Contract payment in full. It is certainly not the bank that needs to keep your money all these while but you who have been certified the true beneficiary. Those people contacting you have told you so many lies. Enough of such lies.
As I hear from you, I shall contact the World Bank office in Washington and secure their support and approval for immediate release/transfer of your fund. There is several evidence proving you have been mislead and mistreated by those people
you have been dealing with, and you can now finally get justice. I Marc Gensanne, am not dragging you to believe or work with me, but if you agree with me, then we work out this together and you receive this approved partial payment valued $4.6 Million which is already overdue.
Let me hear from you on time today.
Best regards,
Marc Gensanne
(World Bank Group).

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