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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: alexanderm45 <alexanderm45@libero.it>
Reply-To: info.secretary@cirwo.org
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:08:59 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONFERENCE INVITATION.


Dear Sir/madam,

On behalf of California International Relations Welfare Organization (CIRWO),
It is a great privilege for us to invite you to global Congress meeting held on
Human Right ,against Economic Crisis, Child Protection & HIV/AIDS Treatment,
Prostitution, Sex Work ,forced Labor.

The meeting is scheduled to take place from July 1st-3rd 2014 in California
the United States and in Dakar-Senegal from July 7th - 9th 2014 all interested
delegates that requires entry visa to enter the United States to attend this
meeting will be assisted by the organization, in obtaining the visa in their
passport. Free air round trip tickets to attend this meeting will be provided
to all participants.

For registration information you are to contact the conference secretariat via
e-mail: ( info.secretary@cirwo.org )

Please share the information with your colleagues.

Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Alexander.
(Ph.D) Senior Activities Coordinator.
B.A. from Denison University; M.A. from American University.

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