Alert - Foundazion Di Vitorio Italy eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not about to recieve a cash grant from an Italian Foundation, rather you are the target of a scam often referred to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Foundazion Di Vitorio Italy [mailto:info@yahoo.it]
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:35 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject:

Foundation's Officer,
Foundazion Di Vitorio Italy
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it

Concern winner:
This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of
trustees of the above International charity organization based in the Italy as
one of the final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation for your own
personal,education and business development Fondazione Di Vittorio as
established 1977 by the Multi-Million groups was conceived with the objective
of Human Growth, Educational and Community development.

In line with the 28 years anniversary program this year the Vittorio
Foundation in conjunction with the Economic community for West Africn
States(ECOWAS), United Nations Organization (UNO) and the european union,is
giving out a yearly donation of One Hundred Million United
States Dollars as specific Donations/Grants to 150 lucky international
recipients worldwide in different categories for their personal
Business development and uplift of their enviroment.

These funds are freely given to you to use for your business educational and
personal development, and at leats 30% to be used by you to develop
a part of your enviroment, as this is a yearly program,which is a measure of
universal development strategy, and eradication of poverty.
Please kindly note that you are not the only beneficiaryin your country this
year, and your country is not the only country thatis benefiting
from this donation, as beneficiaries have been chosen fromcountries from all
continents.

The idea of this donation is that within ten years from now, there will be
notable richness among many unusual people around the world.
This will give many people the opportunity to get their lives to a stage where
they had always wanted. Kindly note that you will only be chosen
to receive the donation once, which means that subsequent yearly donation will
not get to you again, so its your choice to spend the
donation wisely on something that will last you a long time. And please do not
bother following up this email, if you have benefited from
thisdonation in previous years.

Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites and millions of
Super market cash invoices worldwide you were selected among the
lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$850,000.00 (Eight hundred and
fifty thousand United states Dollars) as charity donations/aid from the Vittorio Foundation, ECOWAS and the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. (note that your email
was selected from either the internet, after absolute viewing of your profile
or a Shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased
something from.

You are required to expeditiously Contact the Executive Secretary
below filling in and submitting the necessary processing information to him
for qualification documentation your Qualification Numbers
is(N-222-6747,E-900-
56)

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:------------------------------
2.HOME ADDRESS:----------------------------
3.SEX:-------------------------------------
4.AGE:-------------------------------------
5.MARITAL STATUS:--------------------------
6.OCCUPATION:------------------------------
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:--------------------------
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:------------------------
9.CITY:------------------------------------
10.STATE:----------------------------------
11.COUNTRY---------------------------------
12.Qualification Numbers ------------------

Executive Secretary- MR.GREEN JACKSON
Email:jack.claimdept02@yahoo.it
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