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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 fondazione" (not involved with lotteries)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Jan White" <jwhite@k12albemarle.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:21:48 -0500
Subject: Contact Mr Peter Evans Immediately !!!

VITTORIO FONDAZIONE.
Corso Ercole I d'Este 44,
Ferrara 44100 - Italy.
Foundation's Officer,
Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it/
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Fondazion Di Vittorio as established in 1979 by the multi-million group was conceived with the objective of Human Growth, Educational and Community development. The Italian Foundation is in conjunction with the ECOWAS, UN and the European Union. These funds are freely given to you to use for your business, educational and personal development.
You were selected among 7 lucky recipients to receive the award sum of $300,000. ( Three Hundred Thousands dollar) as charity donation/aid from the French Foundation.
Please contact the Executive Secretary with your Qualification numbers (P-33
c (P-333-7858,B-011-67) for onward processing of your donation, you'll be given your donation pin number.
ENTER PERSONAL DETAILS (Compulsory)
First Name: Last Name:
Occupation:
Address Line 1:
Address Line 2 (optional):
City: State: Zip/Postal Code:
Country:
Valid Phone Number:
E-mail:
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DUE PROCESS UNIT:
Peter Evans
Executive Secretary
Vittorio Fondazione
Email: peterevanss@live.com
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On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Evans
(Information Officer)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam