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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • andr1_lawfirm@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • giant_linksarl@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Andr=E9=20George?= <andr1_lawfirm@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:19:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: REF/ MRS COMFORT MAKONNI


NYDSAM CHAMBERS,
LOT 147,
ZONE DES AMBASSADE,
COTONOU,REP.OF BENIN.
TEL : 00229 95 05 36 50
FAX : 00229 21 30 40 31
EMAIL :andr1_lawfirm@yahoo.fr

REF: MRS COMFORT MAKONNI WILLIAMS.

DEAR SIR,

I AM BARRISTER ANDRE GEORGES OF NDYSAM CHAMBERS COTONOU AND THE LEGAL ADVISER/REPRESENTATIVE OF MRS COMFORT M. WILLIAMS IN AFRICA.

I AM CONTACTING YOU DUE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO ME BY MY CLIENT AS REGARDS HER FUND( USD 8,000,000.00) DEPOSITED IN GIANT LINK SARL, A FINANCE HOUSE HERE IN COTONOU,REP OF BENIN.
YOU WERE ALSO INDICATED AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE SAID FUND.

I MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND ALL THE RECORD TALLIES.

YOU WILL BE ADVICED TO COME TO REP OF BENIN WHERE TOGETHER WILL WILL SIGN SOME DOCUMENTS (POWER OF ATTORNEY,CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP, REGISTRATION) FROM THE COURT OF JUSTICE HERE IN BENIN AND TOGETHER RETRIEVE THIS FUND FROM THE COMPANY AND LEGALLY HANDED OVER TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND.

I WAS ALSO TOLD IN CASE WHERE YOU CANT COME TO BENIN,THE COMPANY CAN ARRANGE A SPECIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND HAVE THE FUND DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH THEIR DIPLOMATS,ONLY THIS WILL BE A BIT EXPENSIVE.

I WANT ALL YOUR FULL CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE RECORD.

I WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE COMPANY,GIANT LINK SARL BENIN THROUGH THE COMPANYS EMAIL ADDRESS; giant_linksarl@yahoo.ca AND DIRECT YOUR ENQUIRIES TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION;MR KOJO ADAMS CONCERNING MRS COMFORT MAKONNI WILLIAMS CASE FILE.

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES,DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL ME OR SEND A MAIL TO ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS.

YOURS SINCERELY,

BARRISTER ANDRE GEORGES.


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