419 scam: tan ruby <tanruby200@gmail.com> Hello I am Mrs Tan Ruby

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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:
- "transfer into your account" (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)
- "million 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)
- "mrstanruby@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: tan ruby <tanruby200@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrstanruby@qq.com
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:03:11 +0100
Subject: Hello I am Mrs Tan Ruby

Hello I am Mrs Tan Ruby,

Please I am contacting you to let you know my desire to establish a charity
foundation in your country with some amount of ($ 5.8 Million dollars) It
is my desire to see that this money is invested to any charity organization
of your choice in your country and distributed each year among the charity
organizations, motherless babyâ€™s home, mosques, churches, Schools,
supporting destitute aged men and women or whatever you may have in mind
that will that will help the society.

i have been suffering from ovarian cancer disease and the doctor says that
i have just few days to leave. I am from New Zealand, but based in Africa
since 11 years ago as a business woman dealing with Gold exportation, now
that i am about to end the race like this, without any family members and
no
child of my own.

Upon the receipt of your email that you are willing and capable to execute
my plan, i will instruct the bank management to make the immediate transfer
into your account. please this is my private email mrstanruby@qq.com

Your Faithful

Mrs Tan Ruby

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