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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: "Dr Sarah Richard" <drsarahrichard@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drsarah.richard@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:26:38 -0700
Subject: ******* INVITATION TO 2015 HEALTH CONFERENCE *************

For more information please contact the Conference Organizing Committee
Directly via email secretary@gcheid.org

Dear Colleagues

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the Global Conference on
HIV/AIDS and Eradicating Infectious Diseases (GCHEID) which will be held
from 23rd March - 27th March 2015 in California U.S.A and the second
phase of the conference will be held from the 30th march – 3rd of April
2015 in West Africa At the International Conference Centre Accra Ghana .
This Conference will bring together practitioners, researchers,
educators NGO members from around the world.

Note The benevolent donors and the Organizing Committee will provide round
Trip air tickets and accommodation for the period of participants Stay in
the U.S, to all registered participants. All registered Delegates will be
Responsible only for their hotel Booking in Accra ghana where the second
phase of the event will be held.

If you are a holder of an international passport that may require visa to
enter the United States, you may inform the conference secretariat at the
time of registration, as the organizing committee is responsible for all
visa Arrangements and travel assistance. All delegates must be in
possession of their international passports to enable them participate in
this conference.

The conference welcomes paper presentation from any interested participant
willing to present papers during the conference. There will also be
Scientific Sessions.

Prizes and Awards will be available for individual or Group that
distinguished themselves in their areas of discipline.

For more information, please contact Dr. John Arledge via

Email: secretary@gcheid.org

Sincerely,

Dr. Sarah Richard

Co-ordinator GCEID 2015
You may get back to me with my address below
Email: drsarah.richard@gmail.com



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