419 scam: "Ryan Mbeki"<ryanmbeki@hotmail.com> Hello

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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:
- "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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ryan Mbeki" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ryannbbmw90@gmail.co.za>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:24:39 +0200
Subject: Hello

FROM MR. RYAN MBEKI,

G. D .C. SECURITY& FINANCIAL SERVICES,

SOUTH AFRICA,

Greetings to you and your family, I am MR. RYAN MBEKI, Manager in charge of the Saves and Vaults, G. D .C. Security & Financial Services South Africa. I need your assistance in transferring the sum of ($26.9M) Twenty Six Million Nine Hundred United State dollars into your account in your country.

This account belongs to one of our foreign customer by name, Mr. Andreas Schranner, German Business Man and a miner at Kruger Gold Company, a Geologist by profession and he died since 2000. No other person knows this LODGE or anything concerning it, the VAULT has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this LODGE and the money involved is Twenty Six Million Nine Hundred United States Dollars (US$ 26,900,000.000).

You can view the web site bellow for more information on our late client.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I am will to offer you 25% of this money AND 5% for our expenses, in respect of concluding the business with me and 70% would be for me and my colleagues. Once the fund is transferred, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated.

Reply me if interested and I will furnished you with details information as soon as I get your response.

Do call me if you are interested and confirm you received my mail.

Regards

MR. RYAN MBEKI

Phone no: 27-84-3778-513

Email: ryanmb@gmail.co.za

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