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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: "Dr. Jenifer Oliver" <Dr.Jenifer@telemail.com>
Reply-To: jeniferoliver9@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:17:30 +0100
Subject: U.S 2015 Annual Conference Invitation...!

Dear Sir/Madam,

The 2015 Conference Committee would like to cordially invite you to attend the 2015 Annual Educational Conference Meeting on Women and Children Trafficking, Political Crisis, Human Violence & Global Security. The 2015 Annual Educational Conference Meeting will be taking place from October 27th – 31st 2015 in Texas United States.

The organizing committee is responsible for all visa arrangements to the United States, free economic air round trip tickets. Registration is open and free to all interested participants. The interested participants are to contact the Secretary Office directly via email: inforegistraroffice@aim.com

We look forward to see you there!
Warm Regards,
Dr. Jenifer Oliver
Human Right Activist Department
E-mail: jeniferoliver9@gmail.com

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