FAKE CONFERENCE SCAM
You will never receive any materials they promises.
Here’s why this is a SCAM – admittedly it’s a good one and looks somewhat good at first glance
- Frequent spelling and grammar errors in the materials
- No official website – do a Google search you can’t find it – any real conference would have 100’s of pages linking to it.
- The use of free email addresses – Yahoo and Google – 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.
- Be aware there are difference parts to this – the conference, the immigration and the hotel – all are fake. The hotel even has a fake website – http://www.vivianesotherhotel.com/- the makes it look real.
- The area code for the all the numbers is 408 – 408 is a North American area code in California that covers most of Santa Clara County – not Canada and not Calgary.
- Here’s a link to a similar scam done in 2007 – http://www.419scam.org/419-fake-conferences.htm
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO C ONNECTION to the scammers!
A SCAM – FALSE – A FRAUD
DO NOT SEND MONEY FOR ANY REASON?
Voice of Child Empowerment (VOCE) is pleased to invite you to the 30th Annual Symposium on “Child Welfare and Development Strategies” to be held come 9th – 16th of December, 2010 at VOCE House, 1947 18th AvenueCalgary T2E 7T8, Canada. We invite you to be on a panel and to confirm your registration for the event.
The VOCE International is an international non-profit organization devoted to the conservation of the Child and state of his being through sharing of knowledge and international collaboration. Each year the Society organizes and hosts the Annual Symposium. an international gathering of 2500 of the world’s foremost Organizations, proactive Mind , policy-makers and like mined from more than 120 countries, and the only major conference of its type. Your experience and comments will add an important dimension to what is potentially a very important discussion.
We got your e-mail address from the website forwarded to us by the
Association of African/Asian Students Union here in the Canada. We shall provide support to all interested Delegates seeking Visa to Canada with the help of Canada Immigration Bureau for Immigrant Affairs. We shall also take care of group or delegates round trip Tickets
For further information on Conference and procedures, contact the Secretary General at VOCE House, 1947 18th Avenue
Calgary T2E 7T8 , Canada .
Email: Voce.international@yahoo.com
We look forward to your
participation in the event.
Yours Sincerely,
Jean Mary Simpson
Voce of Child Empowerment,
947 18th Avenue ,
Calgary T2E 7T8 ,
Canada .
Tel+1(408)-414-7410
WHEN I EMAILED ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION
We welcome you to this year conference on Child Welfare and Development Strategies (CWDS) that is due to commence from 9th – 16th December 2010. This conference is out to employ people from all works of life, ranging from Government Parastatal, NGOs and like minded individuals.
Though applicants are only accepted on recommendation, hence you’ve falling into this Category; we are giving you the opportunity to participate. Normally our conferences are usualy open up to interested applicants of 3, 5, 7 and not more than 10(ten) persons in group.
Attach to this leaf is the Brochure on Child Welfare and Development Strategies (CWDS) and Conference Form. Do download the Form to open, print it out, fill the form and send it back to us and a copy to the Canadian Immigration Lawyers via email visainformation@mail2canada.com
Application Procedure
Interested applicants putting in for this 2010 Conference on Child Welfare and Development Strategies (CWDS) are expected to reach us with the following,
Column (1)
a) Your Group Names(if any).
b) Delegate/s Back and front page of your 6(six) months valid traveling passport, (if any).
c) Delegate/s information
d) Organization abstract which must reach us 2 weeks before the conference program.
Column (2)
Applicant without International passport,-
Provision for UN Emergency Traveling Certificate is made available to those without traveling Document; you are expected to contact the Canadian Immigration Lawyers with the address below and make your plight known to them.
Group / Organization are expected to fill the (CWDS) Form and send it to us within 48hrs of receipt so as to enable us open a participation file for you/group.
Traveling Procedure
Visa and Tickets
Organization living outside Canada are expected to contact the Canadian Immigration Lawyers at visainformation@mail2canada.com for visa procurement and please inform them that you’re applying in respect to this program. Meanwhile applicants Visa/Ticket will be taking care of by our Donors. All above requirement are needed so as to enable us open an official group files and start processing your Document that will enable you/group obtain a Canada entry Visa, including your/group Round Trip Air-Tickets to join us and other eligible contingent already set for the conference program. Other information will simultaneously reach you on daily basis as you advance in your preparations.
Our independent donors will finance all round trip tickets. Throughout the conference program.
VOCE organizing committees will process Canada Visas for all participants requiring entry Visas to Canada . The Visa will be processed and authorized in Canada by the Canadian Immigration and Naturalization/ Department of Homeland Security. The confirmation will be send by fax to the Canadian Embassy in your country of residence. A copy will also be faxed to participant/s with your fax information giving to the Canadian Immigration authority.
We are only giving rooms for existing and active organizations to participate in these events, as chances are limited. All participants must respect and act according to the guiding rules by the Canadian Immigration Services for visa eligibility.
Accommodation,
We are strongly warmed by the Canadian Department of Homeland Security (CDHS), not to allowed applicant/s book Hotels outside the recommended one, as it will enable them monitor the number of Delegates that comes in and out of Canada . In this regard, Vivian Esother Hotel and Quantico Hotel were put aside for this year conference program. Do contact them for your reservation booking via the information below:
VIVIAN ESOTHER HOTEL SERVICES
1409, 9 Avenue SE,
Calgary.T1X 1E1 Canada.
Email; reservation@vivianesotherhotel.com
Tel:+1(408)844-4256
HOTEL QUANTICO
708 80th avenue SW Calgary ,
AB T2P 1H2 , Canada
Email,- hquantico@mail.com
Fax- 12674802672
Be informed that we are in charge of your Visa and Ticket and not your accommodation. Reservation booking is participant responsibility.
We are using this opportunity to extend our greeting to Donors that made it possible for this conference setting to come into existence, especially our top officials in the Immigration Sector as they are hand to hand working with us for visa authorization and issuance.
Note, Applicant below the age of 18 is not allowed to participate.
We therefore welcome and see you joining us in our fight to making the world a safer place.
Secretary Program Overseer
Prof. Paul Carpentier
A SCAM – FALSE – A FRAUD
DO NOT SEND MONEY FOR ANY REASON?
Admin says
It’s a SCAM – do not send them money for any reason. You’ll never get anything in return
habtamu beyene says
how can i get visa
hesam ahmady birgani says
hi dear
how can i get visa for round trip to canada?
please answer to my question.
neha says
yes i recd this email and i also think its a fake. pls dont get into any communique with these people.
Lilamani says
I too received the same e-mail with the exact wording, except the date of the conference was indicated as February 2011. Please DO NOT communicate any further or book any rooms. This definitely is a Scam.
Ahmed says
The exact thing happened to me Lilamani, They said it will be on 2011 Feb.!
But i made a research on the email they gave and i found this page & other scam page, they are a bit clever as they didn’t write the site in the 1st mail but i think if i replied, they will write it in their 2nd mail.
Also what made me suspect it that i got it fwd from eslam20092001@hotmail.com, I don’t know if it’s hacked also or what, I decided not to reply.
Thanks guys for your support
rasil says
Beware!!!! I became very suspicious when a friend of mine in Guatemala emailed me for consultation. I told her not to do anything until I investigated further. After carefully reviewing the email, I noticed words were misspelled, grammar was incorrect, the Yahoo account drew suspicion, conference dates as I researched the Internet were different but always indicating the 30th anniversary even in previous years, and there was no website to be found. This is obviously a bogus email and I’d advise anyone not to respond. Once they obtain your information you have set yourself up for identity theft aside from losing money they might request. Thank you for this website confirming my suspicions.
dr sameer pookkayil says
Sure,its a fake mail.
Sabbath says
Thanks for all these. I should appreciate you and let you know that I always receive several suspicious messages of this kind.
I should let the rest of the world know that these are all fake. I proved some of these so please don’t entertain them.