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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: Rev Sis Cilia White <revsisterciliawhite@gmail.com>
Reply-To: revsisterciliawhite@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:03:16 +0000
Subject: its a great pleasure to invite you to attend this year conference



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Hello,

its a great pleasure to invite you to attend this year conference on
Roll Back Malaria and environmental sanitation 2014 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. It's 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 August 2014 in united states of American and
from 3rd-8th of September 2014 in Dakar Senegal this program is
designed and packaged by world health organization (W.H.O).

For more information on how to attend the conference contact the
conference organizing committee via e-mail:
info.rbm@rollbackmalaria.webatu.com


Sincerely,
Rev. Sis Cilia white
revsisterciliawhite@yahoo.com

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