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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: charity <charity25@globomail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:10:54 +0620
Subject: (GSHF) Conference Invitation on World Congress on Human Trafficking,
Prostitution and Sex Work

Dear Friend and Colleague,

The Global Social Health Foundation (GSHF) is organizing a
World Congress on Human Trafficking, Prostitution and Sex Work
sponsored by (The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The William J.
Clinton Foundation and other benevolent donors worldwide. The
Conference will be held at the California University of Pennsylvania
Steele Hall, 250 University Ave., California, PA 15419 from February
19th ? 23rd 2012 and from 25th to 29th February 2012 at the BCEAO
Salle de Conf & Multimedia in Senegal..

The aims of the conference are to bring together researchers and
practitioners in an effort to lay the groundwork for future
collaborative research, advocacy, and program development as well as
to educate social service, health care, and criminal justice
professionals on human trafficking and the needs and risks of those
victimized by the commercial sex industry.


If you are interested to participate and want to represent your
country, you may contact the secretariat of the organizing committee
by email: (gshfsecretrait@globomail.com) for more information.
You may get back to me with my email: charity25@globomail.com

Sincerely,
Staff- Global Social Health Foundation (GSHF)
charity Doe.
Email: charity25@globomail.com

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Message sent using enet Mail 1.0.0


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