Switzerland Lottery?

Question

Hey, have u ever got a check in the mail for 2,990 with a letter inside saying its for a tax and clearance fee, and then you will get 62,000 dollers if so , how did it go and did u get the money.

Answer 1

The money orders will be fake....very good fakes.

You can hand them to a 25yr old bank teller and they wont know the difference.

The checks go in your account.

Your bank "HONOURS" the checks

You send the money to the scammer in Nigeria

The bank sends the check back to the issuing bank (can take up to 6 months)

The Issueing bank refuses to "CLEAR" the check.

Your bank says"Hey...you put in a fake check ....wheres the money?"

You say" I sent it to [insert scammers name here] by western union money transfer(untracable) to that lovely man/woman/both in Nigeria"

The bank says"??? you robbed your own bank???"

You plead Ignorance..."Im innocent" etc

They say "But YOU put the check in our bank...." and you do jail time for bank fraud

You cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.

The scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.

If you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com

Lotterys work like this:

1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc

The lottery company now has 10,000

2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)

Scams work like this:

-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)

0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)

2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)

3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)

4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )

5)Your inbox gets more mails than [e-mail]

Everything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)

The moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is

havea look at www.fraudwatchers.org

Answer 2

if that really happend to someone do u think they would tell u?

i got ur email...thankx i wasn't trying to be rude.....dont be so cranky get a grip.

Answer 3

It is a scam; stay away from it.  Check out the link!

Answer 4

Its a scam, dont cash it!

The check will bounce, but you wont find out until 5-7 days after you cash it.  Whoever sent the check will ask you to send them money for taxes and fees, after that you'll never hear from them again.

Answer 5

It's a scam! Ignore it or you'll end up paying $$$ in the end and never see the winnings. They will say it's a release fee or something to do with money transfers and you'll have to pay to get the money. Once they have your money, you'll never hear from them again. Never send money to someone who says you have won something if you didn't enter the lottery with a ticket. Or any other thing that you don't remember doing. They prey on your weak memory and hope to trick you into thinking you did enter. BEWARE!!!!

Have a great day!!!

Answer 6

It's a SCAM!