National Lottery Foundation

Lottery Scam:

Beware of any email that ever asks you to pay fees through Western Union or Money Gram!!

Please note, legitimate lotteries do not require advance fees or "opening of accounts" to claim your winnings. You can not win a lottery that you have not entered.

Also note that the phone numbers provided in the email are numbers that appear to have a UK prefix, but are actually numbers that can be redirected to a phone anywhere in the world. (+44 70 --)

The domain this was sent from is being reported for abuse.

From: ROYAL SWISS BANK <[email protected]>
To: xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:29:00 +0000
Subject: REGARDING YOUR FUND TRANSFFER


Royal Swiss Investment Ltd.
2nd Floor ,145-157 St John Street
London EC1V 4PY,
United Kingdom.

Attention:Winner,

This is to inform you that we are in receipt of your mail regarding your Winning prize and we have also received information from the NATIONAL LOTTERY Foundation. Regarding this, we are completely sure that you are the rightful owner of the Winning fund.

Your Winning fund presently has been deposited in a suspense account, here in our Bank, the Royal Swiss Investment Bank. Funds in suspense accounts can not be transferred out because the account is dormant and it needs to be activated by the recipient of the fund.

Therefore, to initiate your fund transfer, you are expected to open an account with this Bank in your name. It is from this activated account that your Prize (fund) would be transferred to your designated account. The deposit you are going to use in activating this suspense account will be refunded to you at any time you so desire to close the account after fund have be transfer. Also, all the covering documents issued by the NATIONAL LOTTERY Foundation, are available and would be sent to you by air mail, after you must have satisfied the Banking requirements. Find below herein, our standard issue opening account form. You are required to duly fill out the requested data and send it back to us immediately to enable us create the account in your name.

OPENING ACCOUNT FORM

___________________________________________________________________
Name:
____________________________________________________________________
Address:
__________________________________________________________________
Home Phone:
_______ ________________________________________________________
Cell Phone:
_________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:
__________________________________________________________________
City:
__________________________________________________________________
State:
__________________________________________________________________
Country:
_________________________________________________________________
Zip Code:


PERSONAL ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR FUND TRANSFER (
Official Use Only )
_____________________________________________________

Account Holder:
______________________________________________________
Account No.:
_______________________________________________________
Routing No.:
_________________________________________________________
Bank Name:
_________________________________________________________
Bank Address:

Furthermore, you are required to choose from the different types of accounts below, which you will be interested in opening and get back to us.

1.) Temporary Account: This account can be operated locally and from overseas, for receiving and transferring funds at once, without the full privileges of a normal regular account, which means that you will not be open to 90% of our Banking facilities but only to receive funds from any part of the world. Also, you can transfer funds to any part of the world with just a single transaction. With this account, your fund would be transferred in 96hrs after confirmation of payment. The basic requirement to activate this kind of account is payment of an activation fee of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00USD) only.

2.) Regular/Permanent Account: This account can only be operated locally and enjoys 100% of the Banking facilities that we render. Your fund would be transferred in 72hrs after confirmation of payment. The basic requirement to activate this kind of account is payment of an activation fee of One Thousand Dollars($1000.00USD) only.

3.) Domiciliary Account: This account enjoys the full service of this Bank and can be operated overseas. Your fund would be transferred in 48hrs after confirmation of payment. The basic requirement to activate this kind of account is payment of an activation fee of One Thousand,Three Hundred Dollars ($1300.00USD) only.

4.) Vaulting Account: This account enjoys the full service of the Bank and can be operated from anywhere in the world online. Your fund would be transferred in 24hrs after confirmation of payment. The basic requirement to activate this kind of account is payment of an activation fee of One Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00USD) only.

You are to pay the account activation fee of your choice before your Grant fund can be transferred to you. These services are provided by the Royal Swiss Investment Bank here in the UK and the transfer will take place at the specific stipulated time, after payment has been made by you and confirmed by our account officer.

NOTE: This Bank is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, and as a result, you will have to follow the Banking policy of the British Government by making payment for activation charges. Also, that your Prize (fund) is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it is remitted to you. This means that the said charges cannot be deducted from your fund, hence must be provided by you before you receive your Grant.

This is in accordance with section 13(1n) of National Gambling fund Transfer Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect such Prize and to avoid misappropriation of funds. It is important that you are noted one more time that this activation fee you have been asked to pay would be refunded back to you at any time you so desire to close the account after the transfer.

This account activation deposit can be sent to us in either of the two ways:

I. Direct Transfer through Western Union Money Transfer (Confirmable within
24hours).

II. Direct Transfer through Money Gram (Confirmable within 1-2 working days).

I await the above requirements from you, and your chosen option, alongside the Activation payment details.

Payment to:

Receiver Names: Roland Rogers

Receiver Adress: Royal Swiss Investment Ltd.
2nd Floor ,145-157 St John Street
London EC1V 4PY,
United Kingdom.

Best Wishes,
Mr.Oliver Scott
Chief Accountant/Accounts Director
Royal Swiss Investment Bank.
TEL1: +44 703 5938 875
TEL2: +44 704 5753 948
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© Copyright 2009, Royal Swiss Investment Bank Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

As stated above, you NEVER have to pay fees or open bank accounts to receive lottery winnings. They are given to you in a check.

This is in accordance with section 13(1n) of National Gambling fund Transfer Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect such Prize and to avoid misappropriation of funds. It is important that you are noted one more time that this activation fee you have been asked to pay would be refunded back to you at any time you so desire to close the account after the transfer.

Scammers love to "quote" regulations which don't really exist. This makes them sound more authentic. It is also designed to make you feel that if you object you might be asking them to break a law.

A search on the email address gives me this result Click here
Many hits refer to scams.

Most scam bankers use free email providors which most people will pick up on straight away, the smarter scammers will make fake sites and use the email address that comes with it to look more legitimate, careful inspection of the email domain reveals it is fraudulent.


I have also done a search on part of the email and got this result click here it seems all the hits are also scam emails


Also of interest is how much it costs to open one of these bank accounts, last time I opened an account it was free, banks dont chagre such fees to open an account and real lotteries dont require you to open an account to recieve your winnings

Lottery scams are very common but a few key things to remember;
You cant win a lottery that you didn't enter
If you did enter a lottery and buy a ticket, unless you gave them your email address they will certainly not contact you by email then ask for your address
You do not have to pay money to recieve your winnings from a real lottery

Also remember that banks will never ask you to send money by using western union or moneygram, wouldn't you think that a real bank could organise payment through bank transfer

The above email is a scam, the best course of action is to delete and forget, unless you have time to post it publicly first

From the National Lottery website here

The following points are some things to look for in order to identify a fraudulent email:

* If the email says ‘Winning Notification’ or ‘Lottery Sweep Stake’ in the text, the email you’ve received is not from UK National Lottery;
* We don’t tell players how much they've won in an email; and
* We don’t ask for any Player information like name, address or bank details on an email.

Other points.
Why would a UK bank ask for a payment in USD?

This is in accordance with section 13(1n) of National Gambling fund Transfer Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.

"Constitutional assembly"? Anyone in the UK would say "Parliament.
Lotteries are set up to make profits, and prizes come from the proceeds of selling tickets. So there are no free lotteries. Not ones that give large cash prizes, that is.

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You can report it directly to Joynic as they are running scams from that domain.

http://www.joynic.com/contact