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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "vittorio foundation" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • fdvclaims_agent@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Selma Ward"<jjfitz@iland.net>
Reply-To: "Selma Ward" <transferdesk_jontraber@gfts-online.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:49:00 -0600
Subject: END OF YEAR WINNER

Fondazion Di Vittorio,
NOTIFICATION FOR CASH AID

Congratulation!!! The Foundazion Di Vittorio has
chosen you by the trustees as one of the final
recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal,
educational,and business development. To celebrate the 30th
anniversary 2007 program, We are giving out a yearly donation of
$500,000.00 USD (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to 40 lucky
recipients, as charity donations/aid from theVittorio Foundation,
ECOWAS, EU and the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament.
which is part of our promotion.

To file for your claim you are to fill out and send your personal
information to the Payment Remitance Office Via their email

contact address:BATCH NO: (N-222-6747,E-900-56)

(Claims Agent)
E-mail:fdvclaims_agent@yahoo.com


Best Regards
Mr.Gianni Mattioli
Foundation President
____________________________________________________________
This message sent using iMail from I-Land Internet Services.
http://www.iland.net

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