419 scam: "Foundazion Di Vittorio"<info@vittorio.com> Urgent Notification

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- fondation_vittorio2007@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Foundazion Di Vittorio" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fondation_vittorio2007@yahoo.it>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:59:13 +0800
Subject: Urgent Notification

Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it
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 trusteesas 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 US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to 40 lucky recipients, as charity donations/aid from the VittorioFoundation, ECOWAS, EU and the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. 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 Alvan Gibson
E-Mail: fondation_vittorio2007@yahoo.it

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

Best Regards.
Mr. Carlo Ghezzi
Foundation President.

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