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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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Fraud email example:

From: "maria smith" <agakhan_foundation2004@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:00:20 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

AGA KHAN FOUNDATION ADOLF WOOFGANG. 12, FRANKFURT, GERMANY FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF: NHL/2551256003/26 BATCH: 14/0017/SPM/IPD RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE The AGA KHAN is a charitable foundation headquartered in Frankfurt am Main which serves to promote music, theater, art,literature, projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education. Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer ballot system. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the promotional AGA KHAN FOUNDATION /INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 14TH NOVEMBER 2004 as part of our yearly bonanza. Your email address attached to ticket number 0!
25-1146-1992-750,with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43,and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred United States Dollars only) in cash credited to file REF NO.NHL/2551256003/26. This is from total prize money of US$20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe,USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Please be inform that all participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual email address from all search engines and web sites. This p!
romotional program takes place every year. Your fund is now deposite
d with a Finance and Security House and insured. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent) the body assigned with the verification of any emergent winner.Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims: CONTACT: MR. DONALD MILLS, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, PCC SECURITY AND VAULT SERVICES, EMAIL: pccsecurities_donald@representative.com </ym/Compose?To=pccsecurities_donald@representative.com&YY=96519&order=down&sort=date&pos!
=0&view=a&head=b> Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below: Ref No: NHL/2551256003/26 Batch No: 14/0017/IPD Zonal Draw No: GSLA2-003 Grand Draw No: 12099 For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember that you must contact your claim agent as soon as possible so that the fund will not be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program. Sincerely, MARIA SMITH (MS) THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, AGA KHAN FOUNDATION. N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to Disqualification!
. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent. Al
so you are automatically disqualified if you are below 18 years of age.

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