419 scam: "Philip W. Schiller" <ateliers@einwaller.cc> Congratulation: You Won

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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:

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:
- ",000,000" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Philip W. Schiller" <ateliers@einwaller.cc>
Reply-To: <engmagdyfadl@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:15:41 -0500
Subject: Congratulation: You Won

THE APPLE COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION =

=

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual fin=
al draws held on the (10th of November, 2016) by APPLE COMPANY in conjuncti=
on with the British Lottery Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 2=
0 Lucky winners who won =C2=A350,000 Fifty Thousand Pounds> each on THE APP=
LE COMPANY PROMOTION. =

However the results were released on the 20th of November, 2016 and your e=
mail was attached to ticket number (765-890-4321) and Batch Number (960-153=
-2040) Reference Number(801-455-1337) The on-line draws was conducted by a =
random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail=
addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automa=
ted random computer search from the Internet. =

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to dif=
ferent ticket numbers for representation and privacy.The selection process =
was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selectio=
n machine(TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn fr=
om all the continents of the world. =

Fill the below informations and send to the paying agent for Claims verifi=
cation: =

=

1. Full Name:
2. Postal Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. SEX:
7. State
8. Nationality
9.Ticket Number:
10.Reference Number:
11.Batch Number: =

=

keep all your winning information away from the general public especially y=
our ticket number and Reference number. (This is important as a case of dou=
ble claims will not be entertained). =

=

congratulations once again! =

=

Yours faithfully, =

Tor Myhren =

Vice President
Marketing Communications =

Email: applesplashpromo@cash4u.com

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