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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Phillip Ovarie" <drphillipovarie13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drpovarie@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:54:47 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND; I NEED YOUR CONFIDENCE AND TRUST

ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
NO. 36 MARINA STREET
VICTORIA-ISLAND LAGOS-NIGERIA
TEL: + 234-803-940-0269
EMAIL: drpovarie@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,
Re: Transfer of ($15,500.000.00). Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars

We want to transfer to overseas ($15,500.000.00). Fifteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars from Union Bank Nig Plc.

I would like, if you will be capable and fit to provide either an existing
Bank account or to set up a new bank account immediately to receive this
money, even an empty account can serve to receive this money, as long as you
will remain honest to me till the end of this important business
transaction.

I want to believe that you will never let me down either now or in future. I
am Dr.Phillip Ovarie. Director of Accounts Department of Union Bank Nig Plc.
during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened with our Bank in 2006 and since then nobody has operated on this
account again, after going through some old files in the records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a heir along Sagamu
Express Way in a ghastly auto crash hence the money is floating and if I do
not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account was Engr. Steve Moore, a national of your country,
and an Industrialist, he died since January 2006 and no other person knows
about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no beneficiary
and my investigation proved to me as well that Engr. Steve Moore until his
death was a Manager with an oil firm in Nigeria.

I am contacting you as a foreigner because this Money can only be approved
to a foreigner with a foreign account as the money is in U.S Dollars and the
former owner of the account
Engr. Steve Moore a foreigner too.

I am revealing all this to you with the belief that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person I am contacting
for the business so please reply urgently for me to tell you the next Step
to take.

You should forward your Telephone/Fax Numbers and your Residential Address,
which is also needed. You will have to give me the assurance that when we
meet the money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country
for sharing and disbursement of the fund which
will be 35% for your assistance, 60% will be for us while 5% will be set
aside to take care of all the expenses that will be incurred by both parties
during the course of the transfer.

I look forward to your earliest response, note you can only reply through my
private telephone line + 234-803-940-0269 or private email address
drpovarie@yahoo.co.uk For security reasons.

Thank You.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Phillip Ovarie.

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