"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam

There is no "Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" that is giving away thousands or millions of dollars. Therefore, the email message below, which claims that the recipients are lottery winners in the same so-called lottery or promotion, is a scam. The email message was NOT sent by Apple, but by cyber-criminals/scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information in order to collect their so-called lottery prize. Remember, never send your information or send money to anyone who claims that you have won the lottery. Legitimate lottery companies will never ask their winners to send money or send their personal information via email or text message.

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Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion Lottery Scam

Samples of the "Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam

Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion!!!

ATTENTION!!! .

You are welcome to the APPLE IPHONE UNITED STATE OFFICE. We wish to congratulate you over the SMS you have received and for being one of the lucky winners selected in 2018 Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotional Raffle Draw.

We have received your email regarding your claims requirement, and has been forwarded accordingly to the verification and claims unit of the above company's Lottery board.

This continental raffle draw was organized/sponsored basically to "ALLEVIATE POVERTY" in most populated countries like India, China, Japan and under developed countries in Africa, Middle East, and the World at large with it's intention to change people's life since 2009, many people have benefited from it over the years. This results were recently released and your Mobile Number were assigned to different ticket numbers for proper representation, transparency and accountability. Ticket number: CAC/733606/2016/UK and Ballot number: CAC/254297137/16.

However, please note that no tickets were sold because of the motive "TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY.

The online draw was conducted by a random selection of Mobile numbers from an exclusive list of 1, 942,88,7, 1 Mobile numbers of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an Advanced Automated Random Computer Search Engine (A.A.R.C.S.E) from all Mobile Network Operators Worldwide.

Participants of this raffle draw were selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from three continent, AMERICA, EUROPE and ASIA and your Mobile Number happens to be among the Five (5) lucky Mobile Numbers selected by our Apple iPhone machine system from various Mobile Numbers that was used for the contest, this was how you emerged one of the Lucky Winner of the 2018 Apple iPhone ELECTRONICS COMPANY PROMOTIONAL RAFFLE DRAW from Asia Continent.

As the claims officer of the Apple iPhone Electronics Company Promotion, I personally congratulate you once again as one of the winner from Asia. This email is to officially certify that you have been verified and approved for the delivery of your won prize by a Demand Draft (Cashier's Cheque) of One Million United State Dollars ($1000,000 :00) approx( 65,802,000.55) INR. Six Crores, and Fifty eight Lahks, and Two Thousand, and fifty Five Paise currency equivalent, and approved by the CLAIMS PROCESSING DEPARTMENT, of the Samsung Mobile International Promotion Board.

We have received confirmation letter from the Royal High Court of Justice that your winning funds of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS from the Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Draw Award have been duly legalized, verified and approved for immediate delivery to you.

Mode of Prize Claims:

(1) Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to USA Personally to Pick Your Apple iPhone Award Prize).

(2) Diplomatic Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque in your name and other Winning Documents safely to you.

Having considered all possible measures to convey your Winning Prize to you, we resolve to use a special delivery man under the Diplomatic Umbrella here. We have made all necessary arrangement to convey your winning prize directly to your doorstep. Your name, phone number and address has been Received and sent to our department in charge of the delivery.

It is our usual practice to carry out a routine verification about the Excise and Customs policy of any country before embarking on any International delivery so as to avoid complications.

Be informed that the Excise and Customs in your country India, has made us to understand that upon the arrival of our Delivery Diplomatic Officer, your parcel needs to be cleared at the custom post at the International Airport, and the clearance fee has to be paid by you.

This is because the winning amount which we are bringing to you is a very huge sum as such requires an Excise and Customs Legal Clearance/ endorsement approval.

According to the India Home Finance Ministry, this requirement is recorded "In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of India Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in super session of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.111/2015-CUSTOMS (N.T.) dated the 20th December, 2015 on entry of any Cash consignment, vide number S.O.2966 (E), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 4th March, 2016 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods, Currency consignment will be liable to Legal Notarization charge of Rs.23,500.00 INR to be remitted at the Port of entry".

As soon as our delivery officer arrives in India he will contact with you. We advise that you follow his instructions accordingly so that he can complete the clearance procedures immediately.

The moment the Delivery Diplomat clears your prize from the Custom Department, he shall be given a Custom Clearance Receipt in your name, and that will also now join one of the documents covering your Prize which the bank will request for before they can transfer D.D into your bank account.

The Diplomat shall also assist you to your Local Bank where you choose to deposit your funds with all the valuable documents covering your Prize, and clear up your funds into your bank account same day he arrives your country. After which he will return back to United State with a Confirmation Letter from your Local Bank stating that your winning funds has been successfully received and deposited in your bank account.

Below is his arrival details and your winning Parcel Identification Number:

Parcel registration number. (APL/4578/746Y)

YOUR WINNING PARCEL CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

1.) Your Winning Cheque Amount of $1000,000:00 USD

2.) Your winning Certificate

3.) Letter of Affidavit of Claims Eligibility

4.) iPhone 8 Mobile Phone

Delivery Agent's Name: Barry Johnson .

Please you required to send us the scan copy of your photo Identity Proof immediately to our diplomatic officer email above because it will be use for your registration when he arrives in your country. Below is Barry Johnson Flight Information to India: Email: barjohnson60@gmail.com

DEPARTURE DATE/TIME: SUNDAY 4Th MARCH 2018-(USA TIME)

ARRIVAL DATE/TIME: MONDAY 5TH MARCH 2018-7:45 AM (INDIA TIME)

As soon as the Diplomat arrives your country, he will give you a call on your mobile and instruct you on how you are going to make the payment of Three hundred and fifty United State Dollars($360.00) equivalent to Twenty three Thousand and Five Hundred India Rupee (RS. 23,500.00 INR) for INDIA INCOME CUSTOM DUTY NOTARIZATION CLEARANCE FEE levied upon your Foreign draft for Endorsement and approval.

REQUIREMENT AT THE PORT OF ENTRY: - INDIAN CUSTOM DUTIES/AIRPORT

CLEARANCE CHARGES (Rs.23.500 /-INR).

You have to give us confirmation of this mail before our Accredited Courier Delivery Officer will commence to your country and also make arrangement for the requested amount that will be paid in your country to avoid any further delay with India custom when he arrives in INDIA.

Payment must be made by you as the sole beneficiary of the certified draft and as we have contacted the India home financial ministry and they have given ENDORSEMENT as regards to International Monetary Fund’s regulatory policy (IMF) adopted by the INDIA HOME FINANCE MINISTRY.

WARNING!!!

NOTE:

(1). Due to the high level of scams and fraud cases on the internet, The APPLE IPHONE Company chose not to publish details of any winner of the 2018 awards on our website until this prize is successfully delivered to the beneficiaries.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning.

In the event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.

(2). To avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim from friends or family, Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your winnings sum has been successfully handed over to you.

APPLE IPHONE Company shall not be held responsible for any loss of Winning sum arising from the above mentioned. Do not hesitate to contact this office via telephone or email if the need arises. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your Consignment Code: XSHEV/5053/INDXX confidential till your Parcel is delivered to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of your parcel. Please be warned !!!

ONCE AGAIN PLEASE ACCEPT OUR HEARTY CONGRATULATION.

Best Regards,

Dr. Mike Moore

Direct Line: +13156366774

The Claims Director/Event Manager,

Payment and Release Order Dept,

iphonesuperdraw@gmail.com

Prof Larry White, Lottery coordinator

From: APPLE iPHON <iphonesuperdraw71@gmail.com>

Date: 03/03/2018 1:52 pm (GMT+05:30)

Subject: Re:

Mode of Prize Claims:

(1) Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to USA Personally to Pick Your Apple iPhone Award Prize).

(2) Diplomatic Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque in your name and other Winning Documents safely to you.

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 4:52 PM, mehakmiir <mehakmiir@gmail.com> wrote:

Name:

Age:

Adress:

Mobile:

Occupation:

PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD

1 INFINIT LOOP, CUPERTINO CA, 95014.

CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES.

Tel: +13156366774

Recipients of the lottery scam email message should delete it, and recipients who have already sent their information should be careful next time because the cyber-criminals will use that information in an attempt to scam them. Once cyber-criminals or scammers have received their potential victims’ information, they will continue to call or send them messages, in an attempt to scam them.

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February 22, 2020 at 10:31 AM by
"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Yes, I received the same message.

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March 19, 2019 at 6:24 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Petah Tikva, Center District, Israel

I also received a message from number 32 489 14 69 10, all the things that you said, but I gave my phone number (which they already have), my rented home address, and my first name.

Yesterday I fantasized about buying my wife a new car, house and mountain. She was disappointed with myself because I fell for it.

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August 31, 2018 at 12:43 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Haifa, Israel

Received this lottery scam:

"Apple iphone Lottery Corporation

PO Box 5500

922 Main Moncton, N.B.

E1C 8W6

CANADA

Dear Prize Winner,

Congratulations to you from the entire staff here at Apple iphone Lottery, in your acquisition of Seven and Fifty Thousand Euro only (750,000.00 Euro) in our Mobile Promotional Draw held in New York,U.S.A on Wednesday 22, August 2018.Your Mobile number with serial number 3422/16 drew the lucky numbers: 16-24-27-40-41-42 Bonus 23, which subsequently won you the lottery in the Apple iphone 49 Category of this promotion. All Mobile numbers used for this lottery draw,were selected randomly from Worldwide Telecommunication companies.

The Apple iphone Mobile Promotional program takes place weekly and the program is held to financially support individuals worldwide due to the global financial crisis, the draw process is carried out by our Computerized Ballot System and all winners were randomly selected from a series of three million mobile numbers from different continent. You should count yourself lucky that your mobile phone number was among the five(5) lucky numbers that was selected to win 3,750,000.00 Euro each in the August 2018 edition of this program. Be informed that your winning prize money also comes with other consolation prizes such as a Apple iphone Lotto T-Shirt, Customized Apple iPhone 8 plus {Courtesy of Apple}.

Following our claims procedures, a Certified Bank Check will be issued in your name after your claim information have been verified and approved by the Lottery Corporation Payment Service (L.C.P.S). Below is our WINNER CLAIM FORM which you are required to fill and return back to us for proper verification and processing of your claim.The requested information are needed for reference purpose, update of our record and to avoid any misrepresentation of fact which might lead to disqualification or double claims. You MUST be 18 years of age or older to claim this prize. To proceed with the release of your winnings to you, kindly fill up the details below and return to us via email:

WINNER CLAIM FORM:

1. Full Name:

2. Contact Address:

3. Nationality:

4. Age:

5. Winning Mobile No:

6. S*x:

7. Marital Status:

8. Occupation:

9. Amount Won:

Upon the receipt of the required information, we will immediately commence with verification and processing of your claim so as to facilitate payment to you. All winners are expected to comply with the claims procedures, as these are mere formalities that would guarantee pay out to all qualified winners in the various category. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid unwarranted abuse to this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Congratulations once again.

Sincerely,

Kelly Moore (Mr)

Claim Processing Officer

Apple iPhone Lottery Corporation"

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July 21, 2018 at 1:23 PM by
"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Yakum, Merkaz, Israel

The same message was received from phone number 4915754930918

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July 21, 2018 at 1:22 PM by
"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Yakum, Merkaz, Israel

The same message was received from phone number 4915754930918.

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June 11, 2018 at 7:46 AM by
"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: East Jerusalem, West Bank, Israel

To whom it may concern:

Few days ago I have received sms on my cellphone with congratulations that I won the prize 750 000 Euro from Apple iphone lottery (due to their 10th anniversary).

I also received few emails (I am forwarding them to you) and couple calls. I did give my information, I was sure that they were saying the truth.

After I spoke with them on phone, I have realized that these people are not what they say they are. Then I found your article and am writing to you.

I would like to help to capture these people, they need to be punished. I think if I write to them, they may answer or call me again. They think I believe them. Unless they can see me writing to you now.

Can you use me in order to catch these scammers? I want to help in this. I practically want to still win this prize, only now for capturing these criminals, I am ready to risk.

Please, connect me with a good inter pole detective. I think we can find and trap these dishonest people.

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December 3, 2018 at 9:42 PM by
"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Amman, Jordan

I received the same and did send my information.

But afterword I realize they are scams.

I deleted my email address and no longer use my number for some reasons.

I hope I won't hear of them again.

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May 10, 2018 at 12:59 PM by
"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

thank you. you have saved my time and money

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April 4, 2018 at 7:49 AM by
"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Dhaka, Bangladesh

I got the same SMS from same person.

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"Apple iPhone 10 Year Anniversary Promotion" Lottery Scam