419 scam: "EUROPE WINNER"<noreply.winner@swisslotto.ch> Attn: Official Notification Verify/Confirm of (£800.000.00 Pounds)

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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.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
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.
- swissclaims.inquiries@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EUROPE WINNER" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:37:26 +0100
Subject: Attn: Official Notification Verify/Confirm of (£800.000.00 Pounds)

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

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to notify you as a winner in this year(2010) FREE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM powered by the SWISS LOTTO PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 15th January,2010.

This free promotional lottery is held once yearly with the intention to enhance the standard of living of winners for this year(2010) and to help eradicate poverty around the world.

As part of our security measures, Do contact our agents by email within a period of 7 working days (date of notification of this email inclusive) and claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

We regularly monitor the activities of this lottery through our representative office. Our agent will intimate you with other winning information and the procedures to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact.

HOW TO SUBMIT AND MAKE CLAIMS OF YOUR WINNING

I: Send your full name
II: Date of Birth, Sex and Country/location
III: Your postal address and Direct phone number
IV: File number and Winning number

*******************************************************
Please contact our European Agent:
Contact email: swissclaims.inquiries@europe.com
Agent: Mrs. Helen Susan Walker
*******************************************************

You have won the sum of (£800.000.00 Pounds) credited either to you or your company's email address, attached to File No: ILPP-1124-075-998 with the winnier No: 2010-075-09E.

This file number falls within our European booklet representative office. Participants were selected through a randomly selecting from emails submitted from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania as part of Free International Promotions Program, by our email Lottery Random System Selection (LRSS).

Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified from this program.

Sincerely,
Ms. Sevilla Carlos
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
SWISS LOTTO INTL. PROMOTION

NOTE: Please do not reply back to this email address message sent to you, If you have questions or wish to continue with this INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM, see the instructed contact email address for all Europe winners for the year.

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