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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: Apple Inc <appleincaward@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:45:57 +0100
Subject: Congratulations!!

Apple Thanks a Million Promo.
Apple Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95011


Hello,


With a warm congratulatory message from the management and staffs of APPLE
Inc. we are delighted to inform you that your email address has been
selected as a winner of the star prize of USD$ 400,000.00 in the on going
Apple thanks a million promo. Apple as the world leading technology company
and the largest publicly traded company in the world by market
capitalization is using this lottery to thank our customers for their
support and patronage on all our products, especially the Apple Ipad.

The joy of our success as a company will not be complete without
demonstrating this appreciation to our customers, so do not be surprised to
receive this winning. To ensure transparency and equal opportunity to all
our customers and non customers across the world, all winners were selected
through our computer based email random access program (ERAP) from a batch
of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania. You are not required
to purchase a ticket or any of the Apple devices to be part of this
promotion, the aim of the promotion is to appreciate our existing customers
as well as encourage more people to choose Apple. If you are not a customer
of apple and you received this winning, please feel free to claim you prize
and we encourage you to patronize our products.

Kindly note the following reference information to you winning:


REFERENCE NUMBER: 11MBB14/APPLE
CASE NUMBER: 2013882BXCCG
SELECTION DATE: 30thth October, 2013


With these information, you are authorized to receive your star prize of
USD$ 400,000.00 (Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). This prize
also comes with the Apple Ipad 4 which will be delivered to you with the
information you present during your claim. Your prize money is available
for immediately claim/payment through the help of the Apple claim
representative, Anna Darklin (Mrs). Complete the following information
required by the management for claim:


: Full Legal Names
: Contact Address
: Contact Tel/Fax Numbers
: Country of Origin/Residence
: Alternate Email Address{If Any}
: Occupation
: Age


Forward these information to Anna Darklin with your response and ensure
that you specify your reference/Case number.
Contact Anna urgently with the following:


Claim Representative: annadarklin@outlook.com
=================================================

Please note that all responses and claim after receiving this notice should
be directed to the Claim representative Anna Darklin for assistance and
instruction. All winning information should be kept personal until prize is
released to you.


>From all of us in Apple Inc, is a warm congratulation and a sincere thanks
for supporting us.


Sincerely Yours,

Paul Freeman
Customer Reward Personnel
Apple Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95011

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