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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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Fraud email example:

From: "hanafelix16@libero.it" <hanafelix16@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:07:49 +0100 (CET)
Subject: 2014 Conference Invitation




Dear Sir/Madam,



On behalf of (ICRO) International Child Right Organization, It is my honor to invite you to the International conference meeting on Violence against Children, Child Labor, Sex Trafficking / Sexual Exploitation of Children and Human Trafficking taking place from January 23rd– 25th 2014 in Washington DC United States and in Dakar Senegal West Africa from January 27th – 31st 2014.



The aims of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners in an effort to lay a ground work for future collaborative research, advocacy, and program development as well as to educate social service, health care and global financial sectors. The organizers of the event are fully responsible for all visa arrangements, air tickets and travel assistance.



Registration is open to all interested participants; the interested participants should be in position of traveling passport for registration and visa processing, participants are to contact the conference secretariat via Email below for more information and registration. globaevent.info@aol.com



We thank you for taking out your time in your busy scheduled to attend this conference meeting with us and we hope to see you at the event venue.



Thanks!

Ms. Hana Felix

Administrative Assistant


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