Email Fraud Alert received from: AKIODE
I recently received an email with this subject line: YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE I.Y.W.F 2014 CONFERENC and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Dear Colleague,
The International Youth & Women Foundation (I.Y.W.F) is pleased to invite
you to participate in our forth-coming International Conference on (Child
Abuse, HIV/AIDS, Racism And Human Trafficking). This event will begins
from (July 9th 12th 2014) in California, United State of America and
(July 16th 19th 2014) in Dakar, Senegal. I am honored to invite you to
attend this events as my guest.
For more details and requirement for your registration, kindly contact our
secretariat office via Mrs Karissa Desmond E-mail:
(info.global.youth.i.y.w.f@usa.com) Also feel free to contact me if you
need any further details related to this events. Endeavor to inform the
secretariat that you were invited to participate by (Ms. Susan Williams) a
staff member of the International Youth & Women Foundation.
Note that the Organizing Committee and Our donor sponsors will take the
full responsibility of all registered participants Visa processing for the
United States & Senegal respectively. That will include your Round trip
air tickets to both events. While delegates will only be responsible for
his/her own hotel accommodation in Dakar,Senegal were the second phase of
the event will take place. I do hope you can make time in your busy
schedule to attend these conference and share your ideas on this topic on
the panel!
Please let me know whether you can make it as soon as you can, through my
personal e-mail: (susanwilliams@newyork.usa.com)
Thanks!
Ms. Ms. Susan Williams
International Youth & Women Foundation
Los Angles, California
United State of America
The above email was sent by “sussan williams” from this email address: susanwilliams@newyok.usa.com
I, AKIODE, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “sussan williams”:
This was sent to me severally, i thought it was a fraud because I never applied for any conference.