419 scam: office98@fr.pl We have coordinated your payment please confirm

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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:

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.
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.
- powellmauritel@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- financedesk@inmail.sk

Fraud email example:

From: office98@fr.pl
Reply-To: abdoulmauritel@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:07:55 +0200
Subject: We have coordinated your payment please confirm

Attn: Beneficiary,
I am Mr. Ben Marke. , Compliance Officer, United Nations Monitoring,
Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) BENIN. This office is
responsible for resolving pending Contract/Inheritance/Lotto transfer owed to
companies and individuals which have been delayed due to many abnormalities
that had happened in the apex institutions. As you must understand, we have
coordinated your payment in total $1,2Million and dispatch it via Bank Quick
Cash Bonding Courier to your country s international banking deposit .thus, do
reconfirm your full name and contact address via this email :
powellmauritel@yahoo.com.hk OR financedesk@inMail.sk to label your details
and procure your approval zip archive which will cost you only $85.We will
send you the document to enable you go to any bank of your chose as the
lawful beneficiary to claim the fund according to our normal payment schedule.
Thanks as we believe this is in order.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Ben Marke.

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