419 scam: " WINNING CERTIFICATE"<beone@motel-one.de> WINNING CERTIFICATE

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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.
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: " WINNING CERTIFICATE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@celebrantoccasions.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 16:04:35 +0100
Subject: WINNING CERTIFICATE

WINNING CERTIFICATE
Attention: Email Account Holder,

1A Arcade house template fortune, London,
United Kingdom NW11 7TL.
www.lottoroyals.com
+44-33808087530

It is with pleasure that we inform you, that the Lotto Royals online email address free- ticket draw of the 2019 Euro Jackpot promotion Award has just been released, and with full authorization let you know that your email address came out in the first category and entitles you to claim the sum of € 500,000 Euros.
This is a promotional program, to encourage the use of Internet programs. Your email address was entered for this online draw on:

Free ticket number: LR961457 Reference number: ON29#16i Serial number: EU / 18273, Batch number: LR / 31221
Lucky numbers: 02 - 07 - 21 - 36 - 18 - 09- Bonus 05.

This then won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. Matches 6 lucky numbers plus Bonus number.
You have been allocated a total sum of €500, 000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Euros Only) in cash which is credited to file LR / 1682135304/18.
This is from a total cash prize of €100, 280,000.00 shared amongst 194 categories with (2) lucky winners from "1st” category.

Kindly visit our office with above motioned address or provide the following information to proceed with your claim:

1. Full name: 2. Physical Address: 3. Age: 4. Occupation: 5. Reference Number / Ticket Number: 6. Telephone Number: 7. Nationality: 8. Batch number:

Contact our Italy fiduciary office immediately with details below to commence release of your lottery prize by providing the eight details above.

Tel: (+39) 3512362500

Promotion Team Lotto Royals ® Good luck!

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