419 scam: " Robert" <reply@robert.com> 40% will be yours

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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:

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:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: " Robert" <reply@robert.com>
Reply-To: robert.denison2050@onet.pl
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:51:47 +0800
Subject: 40% will be yours

I am Robert working with a bank here in the U.S.A and I want to make a long time investment through you. sometime ago I helped some politicians to secretly move US$420,000,000.00 without anybody dictating it and I did it by just opening a secret portal system for the money to pass through without anybody knowing about it as they promised to give me 10% of the money which is over US$42,000,000.00. now the deal is done, they have taken all their money without nobody knowing about it; leaving the balance of $42,000,000.00 which is my own share of the money. But it is risky for me to still keep the money here as my bank is expecting some external auditors in two weeks and I need to delete all the history of the transactions before their arrival. but before I can delete them all, I will need to transfer this $42,000,000.00 out of here into a foreign account and that is where you come in.
the good side of it is that you are not going to spend any of your personal money during the transfer. if you agree to do this with me, I am ready to give you 40% of the entire money and also invest the remaining 60% under your care because I am still working with the bank.

please I need you to reply immediately

Thanks
Robert

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