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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "RUBEN JAMES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rubenjames62@one.co.il>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:40:27 +0100
Subject: REPLY BACK ASAP.....

Good day,
I am contacting you because I am looking for a partner

in the realization of a project. First of all I would

like to introduce myself, I'm Ruben James ich live in

Cape coast, Ghana.und practicing as a lawyer, and I

have an unusual but lucrative offer for you. You will

not know me and I know you do not personally, yet I

have no choice to write an unknown person.

I am the executor of a client who died suddenly some

time abroad and a large fortune left behind without

leaving a will or an heir. Even after an intensive

search, no heir can be found and there is now the

danger fortune to the state to go. My client was

German and therefore I am looking for someone from the

German-speaking world, which I use as heirs kann.Mein

offer Next would be: I declare you as the heirs of Mr.

Gruber and lay claim to the fortune for your

cooperation and I will give you 50 % taxing capital

assets. Since I am the lawyer of the deceased, it is

no problem to get the necessary documents in a short

time and the investment firm, located in the heritage

currently present. Can I name an heir, the inheritance

goes to the state, as I said, and is thus lost, so I

have to these funds greifen.Mein deceased client Karl

Gruber deposited the documents about his fortune with

me, before he suddenly and unerwarted abroad wide . He

was a serious businessman and made his fortune with

shops in South America and West Africa in the trade of

minerals and construction industries. Its assets

amount to a large sum. I will give you more details

concerning the exact amount, give me as soon as you

confirm your interest.

Let me know if you can imagine made to perform an

transaction of this nature. I would like to ask you

also, to be discreet in this matter, if you are

interested, I'll tell you in a nutshell my contact /

telephone number. You can also send me like your phone

number, I'll call you back.

Please, answer me even if you are not interested so

that I can continue my search expeditiously. However,

if you should be interested, I'm happy to have found

someone to help me with the release of the

inheritance.
Sincerely,
ruben James
....................................

Guten Tag,

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