419 scam: "ALERT! ALERT!!"<noreply.lottowinner@swisslotto.ch> ATTN: Winning Notification (X800.000.00 Pounds) for your claim

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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.
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: "ALERT! ALERT!!" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <swissclaims.enquiries@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:01:42 +0100
Subject: ATTN: Winning Notification (X800.000.00 Pounds) for your claim

SWISS LOTTO INTL. PROMOTION.
https://www.swisslotto.ch
_________________________________________________
Official Notification of Winning (S.L.I.P. 2009)
_________________________________________________

Dear Winner,

Your email Address was selected as winner.

You have won the sum of £800.000.00 Pounds in cash credited either to you or your company's email address, attached to file EML.09/09/A8/23-41-09.

Your file number falls within our European booklet representative office. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact.

Do send your file number to your ASSIGNED FIDUCIARY AGENT for further processing.

We are officially approved a sum payout of (£800.000.00 Pounds) only to you as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize cash of (£8.000.000.00 Pounds) randomly distributed among Ten (10) international winners selected email address by our Lottery Random System Selection (LRSS).

All participants were selected through our Lottery Random System Selection (LRSS) from emails submitted from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part our International Promotions Program.

Please contact our European Agent:
MR.GARVIN SMITH
swissclaims.inquiries@europe. com

N.B: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified from this program and do not reply back to this email address message sent to you. If you have questions or wish to continue with this SWISS LOTTO INTL. PROMOTION, see the instructed contact email address for all Europe winners for the year.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Sevilla Carlos
(Information Department)
SWISS LOTTO INTL. PROMOTION

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