419 scam: "Mrs. Ranosa Ruby" <gmsoffice90@yahoo.com> Humanitarian Request.

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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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Ranosa Ruby" <gmsoffice90@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrsranosa_ruby1964@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:20:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Humanitarian Request.

Dear friend,

i know you might be skeptical receiving this email (as we have not known each other), however, it's just my urgent need for a partner to execute a humanitarian project i vow before my God.

i am Mrs.Ranosa Ruby, i am diagnose of advance terminal cancer and i have been in the hospital for a very long time and i have few days to live according to the medical experts.

my husband and my two children was among the 40people that lost their lives in the massive bomb attack that hit Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital on the 20 September 2008.

i had inherited $10.5million from my late husband but considering the report of the medical experts , i vow covenant with my God to donate those money for humanitarian work before i die and i seek for your consent and assistance to have those money repatriate to your bank account and help me distribute them to reputable charitable organisation the way i am going to instruct hereafter.20% of the $10.5million will be for your remuneration while you utilize the rest for the humanitarian project.

If you accept to help me, contact me urgent for more information and we sign a memorandum agreement where I will outline to you how you share and distributes those money to charitable organisation.

thank you and God bless you as you reply.

Mrs.Ranosa Ruby.

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