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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: Sis Mariam Daniel <posterokokokokokookoko@libero.it>
Reply-To: sismariamdaniel@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:57:13 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: INVITATION TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN THE UNITED STATES

Hello,
its a great pleasure to invite you to attend this year conference on Roll
Back Malaria and environmental sanitation this brings us to reflect to the
reality of malaria existence that The largest killer of children, Malaria kills
one child every 30 seconds, about 3000 children every day, Over one million
people die from malaria each year, mostly children under five years of age,with
90 per cent of malaria cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. A heavy disease
burden to humanity An estimated 300-600 million people suffer from malaria each
year.More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives in malaria-risk areas.
Malaria is particularly damaging the pregnant women and their unborn children.
It can result in maternal anemia and low birth weight - the single greatest
risk factor for death during the first months of life, A barrier to
development, Malaria hampers children's schooling and social development. Many
children who survive a serious attack of malaria develop physical and mental
impairment.Malaria is a major cause of poverty. The cost of malaria control and
treatment drains African economies, slowing economic growth by about 1.3 per
cent a year. Its prevention is an important part of poverty reduction and
economic development.

This ailment which serves as a canker worm eating deep into our society
today must be fought all hands on deck,entities,organizations,personalities,
government bodies and individuals are hereby beckoned to attend this great
conference from the four walls of the world this great occasion is scheduled to
take place from 25th-30th of November 2013 in united states of American and
from 3rd-8th of December in Dakar Senegal this program is designed and packaged
by world health organization (W.H.O) and proudly sponsored by the following
organization. war against malaria foundation (W.A.M.F),United nations
organization (U.N.O),united national international children education fund (U.N.
I.C.E.F) wife of the president united states of America and other independent
donors world wide.

For more information on how to attend the conference contact the
conference organizing committee via
e-mail:
organizingcongress@aol.com
Sincerely,
Sis Mariam Daniel

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