419 scam: "Mr. Robert karofsky" <mr.robertkkarofsky@gmail.com> Once in a life time Oppportunity and Business

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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 next of kin scam.
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.
- robertkarofsky_mr@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Robert karofsky" <mr.robertkkarofsky@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.robertkarofsky@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:15:02 -0600
Subject: Once in a life time Oppportunity and Business

Hello Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Robert Karofsky Global Head of Equities at Union Bank of Switzerland Investment Bank London. I have a legal transaction for you, I got your email information through your country business Chamber of Commerce and industry on foreign business relations here in london I haven't disclose this deal to anybody. I hoped that you will not expose or betray my trust and confident that I am about to establish with you for the mutual benefit of you and me. Please for the maintenance of personal integrity and prestige of my profession, I strongly advise you to keepthis transaction highly confidential for security reasons and to avoid loopholes for us to achieve maximum success without any further delay in this transaction.

on the 8th Mar 2018 ,14:33.pm, During the auditing of bank accounts in our bank I discovered an unclaimed fund total sum of £18,500,000.00 GBP in an account that belongs to one of our late foreign customer Late (Late Mr.Ronald Bramlage) a Mexican Businessman who unfortunatelylost his life and entire family in a plane crash. After going through his personal file in my bank, I discovered that he died without no specific of his relative to claim these funds. I gladly seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the Deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at £18,500,000.00 GBP will be released to you as the beneficiary, which will be shared in percentage ratio 55% to me and 45% to you respectively. All I request is your utmost sincere co-operation; trust and maximum confidentiality to achieve this project successfully.

I have carefully mapped out the modalities for execution of this transaction under a legitimate arrangement to protect you from any breach of the law both in your country and here in England when the fund is being transferred to your bank account. I will have to provide all the relevant document that will be requested from UBS to indicate that you are the rightful beneficiary of this legacy and UBS bank will release the fund to you with any further delay, upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer, please send me the following information as stated below so that we can proceed and get this fund transferred to your designated bank account immediately.

Reply to my private email: robertkarofsky_mr@yahoo.com
(1) name:
(2) address:
(3) Tel:
(4) age:
(5) gender:
{6) occupation status:

I await your swift response and re-assurance.
Best regards,
Mr. Robert Karofsky

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