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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: "Regina Jacquelinei"<>
Reply-To: reginajacqueline62@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 06:56:41 +0000
Subject: GREETING'S FROM UNITED STATES!!!!

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of Organization (HRYF) It is a great privilege for us to invite you to a global Youths conferences taking place from October 24th - 29th 2016 at the {Atlanta Georgia, United States of America) If you are interested to participate and want to represent your country, you may Contact the conference secretariat via E-Mail:( hryf_foundation@zoho.com) for more details and Information.

The organizing committee is responsible for all visa arrangements to the United States, free economic air round trip tickets. Registration is open and free to all interested participants. Hotel accommodation booking costs will be your own responsibility. The interested participants are to contact the Secretary Office directly

Best regards.
Mrs. Rosalind Campbell
You may get back to me via (reginajacqueline62@gmail.com)

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