419 scam: Vida Urum <urumvidda@gmail.com> Hello my dear,

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Vida Urum <urumvidda@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Vida Urum <urumvidaa@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:40:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello my dear,

Hello my dear,

I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due respect, trust and humanity. Honestly, I will really like to have a good relationship with you and I have a special reason why I decided to contact you, is due to the urgency of my situation. My name is Miss Vida Urum, the only child of my father (Late Mr. Philippe Urum) and I come from Ivory Coast in West Africa. After the death of my father, my uncles conspired and sold my father's property to a Lebanese Expatriate and which they shared the money among themselves and leave me with nothing. One faithful morning, I opened my father's box and found some documents which he used to deposit huge amount of money in a bank here in Ivory Coast with my name as the next of kin.

The amount is Three million three hundred thousand Euro (â‚¬3,300,000.00) and I have confirmed from the bank. Please I want you to help me transfer this money to your country and help me to come over to your country and continue my education. It is my intention to compensate you with 30% of the total money for your service and you help me to invest the balance in a profitable business in your country. I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my uncles have threatened to assassinate me because I have refused to hand over the documents to them.

I will appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this only to yourself for nowuntil the money is transferred to your bank. I have the documents for the claims.

Yours,

Miss Vida Urum.

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