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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: Patricia Douglas <officegiy8083@libero.it>
Reply-To: patriciadouglas953@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 14:36:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Global International Conference 2013 Invitation.

Dear Colleague,

The Global International Youth Foundation (G.I.Y.F) is pleased to invite you
to attend our forth-coming International Conference on (Child Abuse, Racism &
Human Trafficking and Problems of Youth Unemployment). This event will begins
from (December 9th- 12th 2013) in Atlanta-Georgia, United State and (December
16th- 19th 2013) in Republic of Senegal. I am honored to invite you to attend
this conference as my guest.

Kindly contact the secretariat office via E-mail:[info-secretary-giyf@usa.com]
For more details and requirement for registration. Also feel free to contact me
if you need any further details on the conference. Endeavor to inform the
secretariat that you were invited to participate by (Ms. Patricia Douglas) a
staff member of the Global International Youth Foundation.

Note that the Organizing Committee will provide air tickets, visas and lodging
accommodation only in the United State of America. I do hope you can make time
in your busy schedule to attend these conference and share your ideas on this
topic on the panel!Please let me know whether you can make it as soon as you
can, through my personal e-mail: [patriciadouglas953@yahoo.com]

Thanks!
Patricia Douglas (Ms)
G.I.Y.F, USA.
OFFICE TEL- +1-206-666-4159 E-MAIL:
[info-secretary-giyf@usa.com]

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