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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.

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:

• 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:
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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: MRS PATRICK MILLAVIC <mrspatrickmillavic@yahoo.it>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 22:17:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED !



Fondazion Di Vittorio



Concern : Sigilwig Scherder ,

I received your mail and sincerely understand all what you are saying ,But please be informed that your donation winning prize is legitimate and authentic, So upon this note i will advice you that you don,t have to apply eny fear of distrustful to this matter or transaction because your won prize is genuine.

Following this mail i will further advice you to please view our website:http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it for more verification on your donation grant (Vittorio Foundation)in conjuction with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),United Nations Organization (UNO) and the European Union (EU) .

Your documents has been securely sealed and packed for security reasons which makes it impossible for anyone to view it until its been delivered to you. But i have attached a scanned copy of your donation certificate to this email which was seperated from other documents as recipients have the right to view their donation certificate before receiving the original copy.

Regards,

Mrs. Patrick Millavic
Foundation Executive Secretary



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