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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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Fraud email example:

From: Gift James <giftjames@mail2world.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:26:31 +0000
Subject: 2014 CONFERENCE INVITATION\\\\\


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*Dear Colleagues,\\\\\ *

*It is my pleasure to invite you On behalf of Virginia human rights
foundation V.H.R.F USA,It is a great privilege for us to invite you to
global Congress meeting Against Economic Crisis, Prostitution, Human
Trafficking and child abuse. The aims of the conference are to bring
together researchers and practitioners in an effort to lay the ground work
for future collaborative research, advocacy, and program development as
well as to educate socialservice, health care, and criminal justice
professionals on human trafficking and the needs and risks of those
victimized by the commercial sex industry. *

*The global Congress meeting Against Economic Crisis, Prostitution, Human
Trafficking and child abuse, is scheduled to take place from July 23rd –
25th, 2014 in Virginia the United States and in Dakar-Senegal, from July
28th-31th. The global congress is hosted by the Campaign against Child
Labor Coalition and sponsored by (The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The
William J. Clinton Foundation and other benevolent donors worldwide.*

*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 the 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.*

*For registration information you are to contact the conference secretariat
via e-mail:Dr Mrs judith (vhrf.secetary@aol.com <vhrf.secetary@aol.com>)*

*Please share the information with your colleagues.*

*Sincerely,*
*Mrs GIFT JAMES*
*E-mail:(giftjames@mail2world.com <giftjames@mail2world.com>)*
*Member organizing committee*

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