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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: Lisa Macpely <lisa.macpely@hacq.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:08:32 +0100
Subject: [Info]

Hello

My name is Miss Lisa Macpely; I am presently working with (International Child Right Organization) Washington DC, USA. We are cordially inviting you to our twin combined conference which Will be held in Washington DC, USA from the 4th - 8th of January 2010 And Dakar Senegal from 11th - 15th of January 2010. If you are interested to participate and want to represent your country or organization, you may Contact the secretariat of the organizing committee for details and Information's.

You should also inform them that you were invited to participate by a friend of yours (Miss Lisa Macpely), who is a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross, (ICRC) and a staff of (International Child Right Organization). The benevolent donors of the Organizing Committee will provide round Air tickets and accommodation for the period of participants Stay in United States, to all registered participants.

Organizing this International Conference on Racism and Child trafficking, is to fight and Interrogates the growing social vices Child trafficking and Racism taking place in our world today. The conference will bring together Youth Leaders, Performers, Educators, Artists, Scholars and Researchers, psychologists and therapists, Health Professionals, Business professionals, Youth workers, Activists, and Community organizers to showcase what need to be done to win this war, these events are scheduled to commence in Washington DC, USA and come to an end in Dakar Senegal Africa. It is two kinds of events in which all the participants and educators shall be happy to partake in, and spend some unique days...

You will only be responsible for your own hotel booking in Africa where the second phase of the conference will be held. If you are a holder of an international passport that may require visa to enter the United States/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 assistances.

Please contact the Conference secretariat with the address below for details
Information's. Email: secretary.icro2010@insing.com Contact them with your full names and address.

Do also get back to me with my private email address, to enable me follow up with your interest to participate in this conference:  lisa.macpely@hacq.com

Sincerely,
Miss Lisa Macpely

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