419 scam: Nancy Raphael <nanraph12@ireland.com> CONFERENCE INVITATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- secretary.aay.org@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Nancy Raphael <nanraph12@ireland.com>
Reply-To: Nancy Raphael <nancy.rapael09@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:51:46 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: CONFERENCE INVITATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear friend,

My name is Ms Nancy Raphael,
a staff of African American Youth Organization For Human Welfare (AAYO) New
York, We are organizing a global combine conference against racism and child
abuse taking place from 17th - 20th August 2009 in New York,USA and from 24th -
27th August 2009 in Dakar Senegal, West Africa .

If you are interested to participate
and want to represent your country, you may contact the conference secretariat
via email secretary.aay.org@googlemail.com for more details and
information.

If you are a holder of
passport that may require visa to enter the United States of America and Dakar
Senegal, you may inform the conference secretariat at the time of registration,
as the organizing committee is responsible for all visa arrangements and travel
assistance.

The benevolent donors from
across the world and the Organizing Committee will provide round trip air
tickets and accommodation for the period of participants Stay in the U.S, to all
registered participants. Participants are only responsible for their own hotel
booking accommodation in Dakar Senegal, African where the second phase of the
event will be held, and note that there are no charges for
registration.

Endeavour to inform them
that you were invited to participate by a friend of yours (Ms Nancy Raphael),
who is a staff of (AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN WELFARE)

Thanks for your response; you
are all welcome to the forth-coming international
conferences.

Office Hours: M - F 8:00 AM -
5:45PM

Best regards,

Ms Nancy Raphael.

Assistant Youth Leader,
African American Youth
Organization.

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