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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: Kelisa Michael <48hgi49gfhjfs@libero.it>
Reply-To: kelisa.michael@aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 14:03:52 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONFERENCE INVITATION USA/DAKAR

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of Care California Foundation, It is a great privilege for us to
invite you to global Congress
meeting held on Human Right ,against Economic Crisis, Child Protection &
HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prostitution,
Sex Work ,forced Labor.
The meeting is scheduled to take place from June 3rd-6th 2014 in California
the United States and in Dakar-Senegal
from June 9th - 12th 2014, all interested delegates that requires entry visa
to enter the United States toattend 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.

For registration information you are to contact the conference secretariat via
e-mail: registration.ccf@californiafound.org

Please share the information with your colleagues.

Sincerely,
Dr. Kelisa michael.
(Ph.D) Senior Activities Coordinator.
B.A. from Denison University; M.A. from American University.

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