419 scam: "Mrs. Petra Grunwald"<petragrunwald@execs.com> Winings

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- lucasmateo909@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Petra Grunwald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lucasmateo909@gmx.li>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:49:56 +0200
Subject: Winings

Greetings,

This is to inform you about the result of our Lottery DRAWS HELD on the 13th of August 2018. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum of €750,000.00 (Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Euros only). Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 400,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and websites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by world leading firms like the (Google LLC, IBM,Microsoft Inc,Amazon.com, Inc,Intel Corporation and other corporate organizations). This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, (we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.) This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to your active participation in our next year US $500 million slot. Please note that Winners of the Lottery are paid via our payment center here in Deutschland (Germany).Therefore you are required to contact our Payment Coordinator:

Mr. Lucas Mateo
E-mail: lucasmateo909@gmail.com
Tele/ Fax: +4915217558404

All winnings must be claimed not later than 31st of August, 2018. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, remember to quote your WINNING NUMBERS, SERIAL numbers, and TICKET numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, if should there be any change of address do inform the coordinator as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Once again you are required to reply to this address: lucasmateo909@gmail.com for your prize payment.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs Petra Grunwald.

European coordinator.

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