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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: "Dr. Christina" <dr@qcin.org>
Reply-To: ohredsecretarydesk@aim.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:37:56 +0000
Subject: International Conference Meeting, March 14th to 19th, 2016, Texas USA

Dear Sir/Madam

Warm greetings from Organization of Human Rights and Economic Development! We are organizing one week conference meeting on "Human Rights and Socio-Economic Development: A Solution to Global Terrorism” from 14th to 19th March, 2016 @ city place conference center Dallas Texas USA. We take the pleasure of inviting you to attend the conference meeting. The conference meeting will contain various talks and mini workshops related to the issues of Challenges to Corruption & A Solution to Global Terrorism in our society.

The sponsors of the event will cover the cost of your round-trip air tickets from your country to the United States and back to your country for the one week conference meeting and we shall provide assistance for your visa arrangement with the U.S Embassy in your country, and your ground transportation from the airport to the conference venue. The hotel accommodation booking costs will be your own responsibility. Please contact the conference secretariat office for more information and registration for participation:[ohredsecretarydesk@aim.com],

Looking forward to your honorable presence,

Thanks and Regards
Dr. Christina Walker
Program Assistant

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