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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. Hanna Clinton" <yuliar.magdalena.zegasi@kominfo.go.id>
Reply-To: "Dr. Hanna Clinton" <isdc.org.secretary@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:25:41 +0700 (WIB)
Subject: HIV & AIDS Conferences Invitation USA 2016



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Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the International Society for Disease Control (ISDC) we are delighted to invite you to the forthcoming International conference on Child Abuse, HIV/AIDS & MALARIA CONTROL, holding from (February 17th-20th 2016) in California, USA and (24th-27th February 2016) in Senegal respectively.

For more information regarding these event, you are to contact the secretariat office via: <isdc.org.secretary@outlook.com> OR <isdc.conference2015@outlook.com>. Endeavor to inform them that you were invited by (Dr. Hanna Clinton) a staff member of The International Society for Disease Control.

If you are interested to participate, kindly contact the above email for more details on registration, air ticket, accommodation and visa processing.

Thanks for your anticipation.

Dr. Hanna Clinton.
Staff Member & Program Coordinator/
International Society for Disease Control (ISDC)
California, United State of America.

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