419 scam: "LOTERIE ROMANDE" <loterie.romand1@o2mail.de> Ref: LR/64-CH/7683

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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:

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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 00447024035719

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTERIE ROMANDE" <loterie.romand1@o2mail.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:30:47 +0200
Subject: Ref: LR/64-CH/7683

Loterie Romande
Rue Marterey 13,
1002 Lausanne,
Switzerland.

Reference : LR/64-CH/7683,
Batch : LR/12/002

Congratulations!,

We are pleased to inform you of the outcome of the just finished annual online email lottery draws of the LOTERIE ROMANDE. All emails were selected randomly from websites through our computer draw system and extracted from millions of emails of individuals, unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online as part of our our international program which we organise every year to give back to the society. Note that this is an email lottery promo, so tickets were not sold.

You are hereby notified that your email identity has won €5,000,000 (Five million euro) after our final draws for year 2012. Your email address was attached to serial numbers 06-5383 and drew the winning numbers; 8-33-19-23-14-29. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €5,000,000 (Five million euro) in cash credited to file LR/64-CH/7683 from a total cash of €10,000,000 (Ten million euro) shared amongst two lucky winners.

Please note that your winning numbers falls within our European booklet representative office in the United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your €5,000,000 (Five million euro) would be released to you by our contracted payment offices in London. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

Please contact your assigned release manager, Mr.Steven Hartwell of the Zurich Finance Services Ltd, through his email address below;

Mr. Steven Hartwell
Zurich Finance Services Limited,
Phone: 00447024035719
Fax: 00448704711698
Email: HARTWELL@ONE.LT

As part of a precautionary measure, you are advised to keep your winning and winning details confidential until the final remittance of your funds. This is to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of the program by the public.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, endeavor to quote your reference (LR/64-CH/7683) and batch numbers (LR/12/002) in every correspondence with your agent. Congratulations once more and thanks for being part of the program.

Regards,
Mr. Pierre Paul Sieber,
Online Games Manager,
Loterie Romande.

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