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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: Deborah <rpojinaidaha@passport.gov.bd>
Reply-To: peace.movement.org@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 18:07:35 +0700 (BDST)
Subject: INVITATION INVITATION TO USA SEMINAL





Hello,

You are invited to participate in the P.M.O forth Coming Conference on Global Empowerment for Human Right. The conference is been organized by (Peace Movement Organizations - P.M.O) in collaboration with other donors in the United states.

These events will be held at the (Norris Conference Centers) in Houston Texas USA, starting date will be from August 21st to 30th 2017.

I am Miss. Deborah Matthew, a staff of the (P.M.O) chosen to invite participants from different countries.

If you are interested in this events, Kindly write an email to our registration desk Email: peace.movement.org@outlook.com

Note: Our sponsor's will take responsibility of all registered participants visa arrangements and air tickets to the events, delegates are only responsible for their accommodation in the USA.

And finally be informed that you can also be registered as a group of two to ten persons for the seminar to represent your country or organization.

Thanks,

email: deborah_matthew@hotmail.com
Miss. Deborah Matthew
Member, (Peace Movement Organizations - P.M.O)
United States of America

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