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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: "danielleleonard" <danielleleonard.us@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 23:02:39 +0930 (CST)
Subject: CONFERENCE INVITATION ,,,,,,,,,,,,,




Dear friend

I am Miss Danielle Leonard, a member of Humanitarian Welfare
Organization (HWO) Washington D.C, U.S.A. and a staff of the
international Red Cross. We are organizing a global combined conference
against Racism and the Benefit
of Human Welfare in U.S.A and Dakar Senegal West Africa. It is my pleasure
to invite you to participate in this global combined international
conference, taking place from 5th to 9th October 2009 at Washington D.C in
the United States of America and in Dakar- Senegal Africa from 12th to 16th
October 2009.

In our request to invite people from various countries around the world, I
went in search of e-mails on the Google web site as a means of contacting
people and organizations and I picked your e-mail from an N.G.Os website.
If you are interested to participate as an individual or want to represent
your country or your organization, you may contact the conference
secretary-genera of the organizing committee for details and information’s
regarding registration for the international conference.

Inform them that you were invited to participate by a friend of yours
(Miss Danielle Leonard) who is a staff of the International Committee of
the Red Cross and a member of Humanitarian Welfare Organization (HWO)

I believe that we may have the opportunity to meet if you may be willing
to participate in this event. The benevolent donors from across the world
and the Organizing Committee will provide air round trip tickets,
accommodation here in the United States and visa processing for all
registered participants for the period of Staying in the U.S, If you are a
holder of
passport that may require visa to enter into the United States you may
inform the conference secretariat at the time of registration, as the
organizing committee is responsible for all visa arrangements and travel
assistance.

Below is the contact address of the conference secretariat .By email:
hwo.secretary@insing.com

You can also contact me on my e-mail: danielleleonard.us@gmail.com

Yours secretly,

Miss Danielle Leonard,

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