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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: "Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY" <fdv@donation.org>
Reply-To: fdv_grantoffer@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:12:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary!

VITTORIO FONDAZIONE.
Corso Ercole I d'Este 44,
Ferrara 44100 - Italy.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Foundation's Officer,
Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it

CONCERN

Fondazione De Vittorio as established 1979 by the Multi-Million groups was
conceived with the objective of Human Growth, Educational and Community
development.The Vittorio Foundation in conjunction with the IMF, UNO, and
the European Union,These funds are freely given to you to use for business,
educational and personal development purposes.

You were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of
US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) as charity
donations/aid from the Vittorio Foundation, Italy.

You are required to expeditiously contact the Executive Secretary with
your Qualification numbers (P-333-7858,B-011-67) for processing of your
claims,you'll be given your donation pin number.Contact Mr Kooimans
Aarnout Daniel (DPU) Information Officer.

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DUE PROCESS UNIT:
Executive Secretary- Mr Kooimans Aarnout Daniel
Email: fdvclaimdirector@xd.ae
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On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Jeniffer Morgan.

(Foundation officer)

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