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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mr.dominico@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: Fondazion Di Vittorio <cashgrant006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mr.dominico@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 02:09:25 -0800
Subject: Your Cash Grant/Donation AID





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

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of trustees of the above International charity organization based in the Italy as one of the final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation of $500,000.00US, for your own personal, education and business development. We are trying to eradicate poverty from little family's we can.

Please endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (N-222-6747, E-900-56) in all discussions.

Please do contact the below person for further information on what you have been chosen for and how to go about it.
Executive Secretary,
Mr.Giovanni Dominico
Email: mr.dominico@yahoo.it

On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. De Luca Lombardi
(Foundation officer).
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