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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- info-secretary-giyf@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- contact our secretariat office via e-mail:[info-secretary-giyf@usa.com] for more details and requirement for registration. also (Usa; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Patricia Douglas <PatriciaDouglas7458728@libero.it>
Reply-To: patriciadouglas963@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 13:00:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: 2014 Global International Conference Invitation.
Hello Dear,
The Global International Youth Foundation (G.I.Y.F) is pleased to invite you
to attend our fifth-coming International Conference on (Child Abuse, Racism &
Human Trafficking and Problems of Youth Unemployment). This event will begins
from (February 11th- 14th 2014) in Atlanta-Georgia, United State and
(February 18th- 21st 2014) in Republic of Senegal. I am honored to invite you
to attend this conference as my guest.
Kindly contact our 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 all interested delegates that requires entry visa to enter the
United States to attend this meeting will be assisted by the organization, in
obtaining 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.!Please let me know whether you can make it as soon as you can,
through my personal e-mail: [patriciadouglas963@yahoo.com] and have a wonderful
Happy new year.
Thanks!
Patricia Douglas
G.I.Y.F, USA.
OFFICE TEL- +1-206-666-4159 E-MAIL:
[info-secretary-giyf@usa.com]
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