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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "fondazione di vittorio" (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!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • fondizionvitori@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: topmailer33@web.de
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:31:23 +0100
Subject: 500,000 euro GRANT from FDV




Fondazione di vittorio Italy

39017 Milan, Italy.

(Founded 1892)

The Fondazione di vittorio international (http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it [http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it/]) hereby notify you of a Grant/Donation cash

aid of 500,000(five hundred thousand euro) with a qualification number: (FDV-2008 CGD-500-J). This Grant is awarded

with the objective of making a notable changes in the standard of living worldwide. Please do forward your Name, telephone no;

address and occupation to our affiliate member state address below for claim of your Grant.

Fondazione di vittorio España.

Officer in charge: Dr. Charles Melvis

Email: fondizionvitori@aim.com [mailto:fondizionvitori@aim.com]

Congratulations in Advance

Mr.Carlo Ghezzi Director (Head Office).



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