419 scam: "Miss. Stacey Maleckar" <staceymaleckar@hotmail.com> Invitation for conferences.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss. Stacey Maleckar" <staceymaleckar@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: staceymaleckar@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:21:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Invitation for conferences.

Dear Friend,

This is the (WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS) California , U.S.A. We are organizing a global youths combined conferences taking place from December 6th-8th 2010, in California United States and in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso from December 10th-11th 2010 .In our request to invite people from various countries around the world,

If you are interested to participate and want to represent your country, you may contact the secretariat of the organizing committee for details and information. You can also inform youths & NGOs in your country about these conferences. The benevolent donors of the Organizing Committee will provide round trip air tickets and Accommodation for the period of participants? Stay in the U.S. , to all registered participants.

If you are a holder of an international passport that may require visa to enter the United States you may inform the conference secretariat at the time of registration, as the Organizing Committee is responsible for all visa arrangements and travel assistances. If you are interested to participated please send the following Data,

1) Full Names: ........
2) Occupation: .......
3) Age: ........
4) Nationality: .......
5) Phone Number: .....

Sincerely,
Miss. Stacey Maleckar.

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