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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: Adams <Jessica.Mera@blumail.org>
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 08:22:41 +0000
Subject: CONFERENCE INVITATION



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Dear Madam/Sir,

It is my pleasure to invite you on behalf of the international child
health project to the international congress against child forced
labour, Control of EBOLA Outbreak and child Exploitation taking place
from February 19th - 13th at United States and in Dakar-Senegal, from
February 16th - 20th 2015. We are inviting people from various countries
around the world.

For more details regarding this conference and how you can register to
participate, please contact the secretary office directly on email:
[ichpsecretconf@mynet.com] as soon as passable. And if you any further
clarification, do not hesitate to contact me via:
[Jessica.Mera@blumail.org]

Note that the Organizing Committee and Our donor sponsors will take the
full responsibility of all registered participants Visa processing for
the United States & Dakar-Senegal respectively. That will include your
Round trip air tickets to both events. While delegates will only be
responsible for their own hotel booking in Senegal. I do hope you can
make time in your busy schedule to attend this International Workshop
and share your ideas on the above topics.

Please share the information with your colleagues.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jessica Merachy Adams.
Member/Staff International Child Health Project (MSICHP)
E-mail: Jessica.Mera@blumail.org

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