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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: hrkatethompson@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 14:03:50 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?U.S_Conference_Invitation!_From_April_?=
=?utf-8?Q?23rd_=E2=80=93_27th_April_2018_in_United_States?=


Dear Sir/Madam,

Warm greetings from the Human Rights Organization, we are pleased to invite you and colleagues to our conference which will be held from April 23rd – 27th April 2018 in United States in Dallas Texas USA. The conference meeting will contain various talks and mini workshops related to the issues of Human Trafficking & Slavery, Human Violence and Solution to Global Security & Economic Development

The topic of the conference is "The effect of Human Trafficking & Slavery " the sponsors of this event shall cover your round-trip air tickets from your country to the USA and back to your country and we shall also provide visa assistance with the U.S Embassy in your country of residence. The hotel accommodation booking cost will be your own responsibility. Please contact the conference secretariat for more information and registration for participation: (ihroinforegistrar@yandex.com).

We look forward to your confirmed presence at the conference.


Respectfully Yours,
Dr. Kate Thompson
Regional and Program on Human Rights Director.

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