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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: Vanina Frank <frank_vanina@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 04:43:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SPECIAL INVITATION


















Hi Friend
My name is Vanina Frank, working with ( Global
Welfare and Child Development (G.W.C.D) Canada. We are organizing a
global International combined conferences on (G.W.C.D) taking place in
Canada,2011. In our request to invite people from various countries
around the world, I went in search of e-mails on the web site as a means
of contacting interested delegates and Organizations. As a result, I
picked your e-mail from website. If you are interested to participate
and want to represent your country, you may contact the Secretariat of
the Organizing Committee for details and information. You may inform
them that you were invited to participate by a friend of yours ( Vanin
Frank ), who is a member of Canada Youths for Peace and a staff of
Global Welfare and Child Development (G.W.C.D). I believe that we may
have the opportunity to meet if you may be willing to participate in
this most esteemed event.
You can also inform Youths Organizations & N.G.Os in your country
about these International Conferences. The benevolent donors of the
Organizing Committee will provide round trip air tickets, and feeding
for the period of participants stay in Canada, to all registered
participants. If you are a holder of a passport that may require a visa
to enter Canada, you may inform the Conference Secretariat at the time
of registration, as the Organizing Committee is responsible for all visa
arrangements and travel assistance's.Below is the contact address of
the Conference Secretariat:
Email: globalwelfarechilddevelopment@ymail.com
Global Welfare and Child Development,
947 18th Avenue,
Calgary T2E 7T8,
Canada.
Fax. –1-501-647-4476
Vanina  Frank     
 
   
 

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