419 scam: "Robert Kings" <ahkyedomiqu@gmail.com> Relating to the trusteeship?

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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:
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Robert Kings" <ahkyedomiqu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: erkworld2000@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:51:22 -0700
Subject: Relating to the trusteeship?

Attn: Sir/madam.

Am Engr Robert Kings a private investor
soliciting for investments under your able supervision in EUROPE /
AMERICA on behalf of a displaced family of Mr Shabangu Hassan from
(Syrian) The family now resides in the United Kingdom due to the
unrest in their region, which actually led to the assassination of
their beloved husband and father Mr Shabangu Hassan who is also my
client.

The family is now looking towards an investment of $127,000,000.00
(one hundred and Twenty Seven Million United State Dollars Only) in a
lucrative business with minimum taxes eg. Properties, Hotels,
Goldâ€™s/Mines, Contracts and other lucrative investments in your area.

As soon as you accept this offer, the family will give instruction to
the bank to transfer this fund into your account then I will come over
to your country to have a face to face discussion with you.If you are
ready in this partnership investments, kindly email me and provide me
with your contact telephone numbers and your bank details in order for
me to call and discuss with you in details towards the final
executions of this partnership/ investment.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation, while looking forward
to hear from you.

Best Regards
Engr Robert Kings,
(For this Family)

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