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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: Precious Brown <pbrown2@insing.com>
Reply-To: pbrown-iho2009@insing.com
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:03:36 -0800
Subject: CONFERENCE INVITATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Dear Friend,

You are cordially invited to participate in the forth-coming Global
Conference Against Child Abuse and Human Trafficking . The conference is
been organized by the international Humanitarian organization the (I.H.O) in
collaboration with other NGO’s.

The event takes place from 8th - 11th December 2009 in California - USA and
from 15th- 18th December 2009 in Dakar Senegal, at Dakar Central Conference
HALL,DAKAR-SENEGAL,West–Africa.

If you are interested to participate and represent your country, you may
contact the secretariat of the organizing committee for details and
information.

Below is the contact address of the conference secretariat: (
secretary.iho2009@insing.com )

You may also get back to me with my email:(pbrown-iho2009@insing.com)

Sincerely Yours
Precious Brown
Staff Member and Youth Leader (I.H.O.)

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