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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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: "Graham Smith" <smithgraham1915@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: info.swissnationallotto@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:27:59 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON 750,000 Euros

EURO MILLIONS
BUNDERSTRASSE 33
3324 BERN ECK,
SWITZERLAND
 
Dear Sir/Ma,

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON €750,000 Euros

 

You have have been awarded €750,000 Euros in the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked Randomly by software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website.

 

Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the SWISS LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promo is proudly sponsored by the SWISS-LOTTO UK organization.

You can log on to our website for more information concerning our entire lottery promo https://www.swisslotto.ch

 

Your email address,attached to Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 43 with Serial number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 10, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category.

 

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €750,000 Euros

 

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In View of this, your €750,000 Euros will be released to you by our security firm in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

All participants Were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000 companies and individual email addresses.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and

your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim, please contact the agent assigned to you.

 

Email: info@swiss-lotto.org

You are to provide the following information to our European agent:-

1.Full Names:-
2.Contact Address:-
3.Country:-
4.Age:-
5.Telephone and Fax:-
6.Occupation:-

 

This information facilitate the due process of the release of winnings avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your winnings.

 

Always remember to quote your Reference / serial number in any correspondences with us or our Designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of This program and Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

 

Sincerely,
Graham Smith
Fiduciary Agent
SWISS LOTTO UK.
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
https://www.swisslotto.ch

 

N:B - PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CORRESPONDENT WILL BE TEMPORARILY BE VIA EMAIL UNTIL 24 HOURS BEFORE PAY-OUT THEN YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA TELEPHONE

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