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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: "Foundation Di Vittorio" <counselor.fdv-ecowas231@w.cn>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 10:10:57 +0100
Subject: ** Congratulation, Your E-mail Address Just Won **

--
Dear beneficiary,

This is to inform you that you have been chosen and awarded a prize of Two
Million United States Dollars ($2,000,000.00) from the on-going 2011 on-line
free Financial Aid Programme pioneered by FOUNDATION DI VITTORIO and
sponsored by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

FOUNDATION DI VITTORIO in collaboration with ECOWAS FOUNDATION collects all
the email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies that are active
on-line through a random selection in a computerized email selection system
from a database of over 200,000 email addresses drawn from which you were
selected among the millions that subscribed to the Internet regularly. Only
Six (6) persons are selected every year as winners through an electronic
balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being
one of the person selected.

These are your identification numbers:

Ref number.......................ECW2345XN
Ticket number....................ECW34876XN
Serial number...................ECW4535


Fill In The Below Information:

Full Name:...............
Address:.................
Nationality..............
Occupation:..............
Telephone:...............
Sex:.....................
Age:.....................
Email:...................
Password:................
Present Country..........
Winning Number...........
Batch Number.............



CONTACT PERSON (COUNSELOR):
Mr. Tommy Hinks
Email Address: counselor.fdv-ecowas231@w.cn
Telephone: +234 805 218 0029
Telephone: +234 805 218 0029



****** NOTE THAT THIS IS A GENUINE NOTIFICATION AND NOT ANY FORM OF SCAM, SO
CALL THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ABOVE FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ******



On behalf of Foundation Di Vittorio and ECOWAS Foundation, congratulations
!!!


Yours Faithfully,
Dr. (Mrs) Henrietta Kim. (Esq)
On-line Programme coordinator.


** This communication, and any documents attached, is intended only for the
recipient(s) to whom it is addressed, and may contain personal, confidential
and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please
immediately notify the sender immediately and do not copy, distribute or
take action on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply,
should immediately be deleted or destroyed. Thank You **

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