419 scam: Eric Larson <ubagroup_privatebox@hotmail.com> PLEASE HELP,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrs.danita73@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Eric Larson <ubagroup_privatebox@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:29:23 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP,

Hello Dear

My name is Engineer Mrs.Eva Danita, I am a citizen of Austria, a business woman specialized in mining of raw Gold in Africa; but now I am critically sick with esophageal cancer which has damaged almost all the cells in my body system and I will soon die according to my doctors.

My late husband died in an accident with our two daughters few years ago leaving me with our only son whom is just 10 years old and he is my most concern now as he is still a child and does not know anything about live and has nobody to take care of him after I am dead; because I and my late husband does not have any relatives, we both grew up in the orphanage home and got married under orphanage as orphans. So if I die now my innocent child would be left alone in this wicked world and I do not wish to send him to any orphanage home, I want him to grow up in the hands of an individual, not orphanage.

Please, I am begging you in the name of God to sincerely accept my proposal; let me instruct my bank to wire transfer my fund worth the sum of US$ 15,000,000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS) to your account in your country immediately, then you take my son to your home and raise him as your own son.

As you receive the fund into your account, you are entitled to take 30 percent and invest 70 percent for my son so that he will not suffer in his entire life.

Please reply immediately with your full data if you agree to help me, so that we can arrange the transfer of the fund before anything happens to me because i will be undergoing surgery by coming week, and I do not know the fate of the surgery as the doctor has told me already that i may not survive.

Please I wait to hear from you now, its a matter of urgency

Yours Sincerely,
Engineer. Mrs. Eva Sophia.Danita
IN GOD I TRUST.
Reply to mrs.danita73@bk.ru

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