419 scam: "Dr.Eric Robert" <e.robert40@yahoo.pt> Dear,contact my secretary for your compensation

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "douglasking@outlook.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Eric Robert" <e.robert40@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Dr.Eric Robert" <douglasking@outlook.fr>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 13:06:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear,contact my secretary for your compensation

Dear Friend,
Longest time, i hope all is well together with your family, if so glory be to God almighty. Well, Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.
Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of total sum. Meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring this funds despite that it failed us somehow.
Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is Mr.Douglas King on his e-mail address stated below (douglasking@outlook.fr). Ask him to send you the ATM Visa Card total Amount of $1,5million u.s dollars which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I apprec iated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr.Douglas King and instruct him where to send the ATM Visa Card and send him your details information so that he will submit it to the DHL Company for them to inffect the delivery to your door step without delay.
Please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time ok, In the moment, I?m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I have forward instruction to the secretary on your behalf to send you the parcel as soon as you send your details information without delay, so feel free to get in touch with Mr.Douglas King, he will send the ATM Visa Card immediately to you without any delay as i instructed him to do.
Best Regards,
Thank you an d may God Bless you.Dr.Eric J RobertÂ

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