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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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Fraud email example:

From: "onf.ther_1993@libero.it" <onf.ther_1993@libero.it>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:41:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: 2013 USA (CHRF) CONFERENCE/INVITATION!!!



Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of California Human Right
Foundation CHRF USA, It is a great privilege for us to invite you to
global Congress meeting against Economic Crisis, Child Protection &amp;
HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prostitution, Sex Work and forced Labor. The aims of
the conference are to bring together researchers and practitioners in
an effort to lay the ground work for future collaborative research,
advocacy, and program development as well as to educate social service,
health care, and criminal justice professionals on human trafficking and
the needs and risks of those victimized by the commercial sex industry.

The
global Congress meeting against Economic Crisis, Child Protection &amp;
HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prostitution, Sex Work and forced Labor is
scheduled to take place from October 20th – 24th 203, in California the
United States and in Dakar-Senegal, from October 26th – 30th 2013. The
global congress is hosted by the Campaign against Child Labor Coalition
and sponsored by (The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, The William
J. Clinton Foundation and other benevolent donors worldwide.

Note
that all interested delegates that requires entry visa to enter the
United States to attend this meeting will be assisted by the
organization, in obtaining the visa in their passport. Free air round
trip tickets to attend this meeting will be provided to all
participants. The Workshop welcomes paper presentation from any
interested participants willing to present papers during the meeting.

For registration information you are to contact the conference secretariat via Email: info.secretaryallissa@usa.com


Please share the information with your colleagues.

Sincerely,
Mrs Cira Jonas
E-mail: cirajo101@blumail.org
(M.D) Activities Coordinator

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