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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: Anthony Ovie <anthonyovie@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: tonygoullee@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:05:04 +0100
Subject: From Anthony


Dear sir,

You will recall that months back the former President of Nigeria,
Alhaji Musa Yaradua took ill and was rushed to a specialist hospital
in Saudi Arabia where he was believed to have died later. Before he
was rushed to the hospital he was already fine tuning plans for
re-election in 2011 as the President. His campaign officers were
already financially mobilized throughout the states of the country.

In Delta state billions of Dollars have already been set aside for the
purpose in accounts known only to the former Governor of the state,
Chief James Ibori. But as it turned out Alhaji Yaradua didn't survive
the sickness which automatically means the death of the project.

Now the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is looking for
Chief Ibori for financial mismanagement during his tenure as Governor
and they are also aware of this money and are trailing it. In order
not to be discovered, some accounts were used to hide the money. My
company's dormicillary account was used to keep US$55,000,000, being
related to the Governor and also a member of the campaign group.

Chief James Ibori is now on the run from the EFCC. He narrowly escaped
arrest and was smuggled out of Nigeria and made his way to Dubai where
he was eventually arrested. Right now there is an arrangement to
extradite him to London where he will be facing trial.

The issue is this,there is no way I can return that money to the
Government without getting into trouble myself and Chief Ibori is on
trial for serious financial crimes. so I figured I have to find a way
to secure what I have, which is why I'm soliciting your help to move
the money out of my account before somebody points me out.I can't move
the money by myself because I'm already know to be one of them and the
searchlight is on us.
Your story will be that you and I were going into partnership to set
up an oil servicing company in Delta state but because of the constant
kidnapping of expertrates in the Niger Delta region, you decided to
cancel the idea and now you want the money transfered to your account.
The reason for this, though the explanation may not be necessary, is
that the EFCC is watching the movement of large sums of money
especially at this time that election is around the corner.

I will tell you what to do as soon as I have your consent. Please
reply as soon as you receive this mail.It is very urgent, and
confidential too.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Chief Anthony Ovie.

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