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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: Rhoda Patrick <rhoda160@libero.it>
Reply-To: registrardept@aim.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 12:18:54 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Conference Invitation


Dear Sir/Madam,

we invite you to the Annual World Educational Conference on Unemployment,
Social Economic Crisis, Violence against Children, Child Labour, Sex
Trafficking/Sexual Exploitation of Children and Human Trafficking taking place
from July 21st– 23rd 2014 in Washington DC United States and in Dakar Senegal
from July 26th – 31st 2014.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. All human
beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood. The aims of the conference is to bring together researchers and
practitioners in an effort to lay a ground work for future collaborative
research, advocacy, and program development as well as to educate social
service, health care and global financial sectors.

The organizers of the event are fully responsible for all visa arrangements,
air tickets and traveling assistance.

Registration is open and free to all interested participants; the interested
participants should contact the conference registration office directly via
Email below for more information and registration. registrardept@aim.com

We hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks!
Ms. Rhoda Patrick
Southern Regional Representative
Global Human Right Organization.
Washington DC United States.

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