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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" <fdv@fondazionedivittorioecowas.firm.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:25:47 -1200
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION!!!








Fondazione Di Vittorio, Economic Community For West Africa
States.(ECOWAS)

http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it

fdv@fondazionedivittorioecowas.firm.org.uk

Date:23-02-2008

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




Congratulations as we bring to your notice! The Foundazion
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 and the end of year program .
We are giving out a yearly donation of US$500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to 20 lucky
recipients, as charity donations/aid from the Vittorio
Foundation, ECOWAS, EU and the UNO in accordance with the
enabling act of Parliament, You email was randomly
selected on the internet and you were among the 20 lucky
recipients this year,which is part of our promotion.

To file for your claim. you are to fill out below
information and send it to the Payment Remitance Office Via
their email contact address:

Full Name:
Residential Address:
Occupation:
Country:
Telephone:
Fax Number:
Sex:
Age:
Next of Kin:
Winning Batch No:

After the form understated been fill, you are to forwarded
it to the payment remitance office in United Kingdom. Below
their contact information so as to speed up the processing
of your claim as soon as possible. You are to contact the
Remitant Officer via phone for more information

(Payment Remitance Contact)
Mr John Slaughter
E-Mail: fdv@fondazionedivittorioecowas.firm.org.uk
Tel: +44 704 574 1232

Also in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your batch numbers and the
following details; in all your correspondence message.

Best Regards.
Mr. Carlo Ghezzi
Foundation President





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