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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: "FONDAZIONE DI VITTORIO, ECOWAS" <claimprocessing_section@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:08:16 -1200
Subject:






FONDAZIONE DI VITTORIO, ECOWAS
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it
BATCH NO: (N-222-6747,E-900-56)
Congratulations as we bring to your notice, The Fondazione
di Vittorio
has chosen you by the board of 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
program. We are
giving out a yearly donation of USD $500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) to 40 lucky recipientsas charity
donations aid from
the Vittorio Foundation ECOWAS, EU and the UNO. In
accordance with the
enabling act of Parliament which is part of our promotion
to file out
for your claim, you are to fill out below information and
send it to the
Payment Remitance Office Via email below;
Claims Requirement;
Full Name:______________Address:______________
Occupation:______________Country:______________
Telephone:______________Sex:__________________
Age:______________
(Payment Remitance Contact)
Mr John Slaughter.
Email: claimprocessing_section@hotmail.com
(Tel) +234 8076 085 697


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