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Fraud email example:

From: "Joyce Stewart" <joycestewart25@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: joycestewart01@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:31:10 +0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILD LABOUR, ABUSE AND NEGLECT

Greetings

We at YCIO sends our warn greetings to our entire
members worldwide. And with great enthusiasm, we wish
to invite groups, youths and youth focused
organization to be part of our forthcoming combined
international conference on child labour, abuse and
neglect taking place in the United States and the
Netherlands.

The combined conferences are of two segments.
Firstly, one shall commence in Andalusia, Alabama USA
on the 28th November till the 1st of December 2006.
The venue is blue lake auditorium, 8569 Oakwood lane,
Andalusia, Alabama 36241, USA.

The second segment shall take place in Amsterdam as
from 4th till 7th December 2006 at Europa plaza,
Linden
Wall Street 44 2051 LH, Amsterdam Netherlands.

YCIO aspires amongst other things:

1. To discuss the root causes of child labour, abuse
and neglect in order to help in eradicating these
social ills.

2. To re-educate and enlighten the youths and adults
about these social vices and also promote community
organizing as a tool to re-connect people to each
other with a common goal of building safe, supportive
and good communities.

3. To create spaces for the youths of the world to
acquire the power of collective action, critical
dialogue and community organizing to undermine child
labour, abuse and neglect.

4. To equip the youth and adult participants with
vital tools and know-how. This will aid them in
conducting such workshops amongst youths in their
various countries.

We have noticed that this is an incredible means of
interacting with different organizations of the world
on a particular issue as it affects youths and adults.
Moreover, funding may be provided for individuals from
qualifying organizations.
Provisions have been made for all delegates to this
event, all round tickets, feeding and accommodation in
USA by our sponsors. All delegates will take care of
their feeding and accommodation in Netherlands, as our
resources do not cover that.

Mode of application:
Interested organizations should forward the following
information about their organization.
1. Aims and objectives of their organization.
2. Organization profile.
3. Achievements so far.


Only groups with delegates between the numbers of five
and ten selected members would be allowed to
participate from each of the selected countries.
Individuals who do not belong to any of the
organizations but are interested to participate should
form a group of at least five.
Direct your response to the secretary organizing
committee through the below contact:
(joycestewart01@yahoo.com.hk) Send applications now.

Thanks,

Mrs.Joyce Stewart.

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