Swiss Loto

[joebrown]

Has anyoe heard of Swiss Lotto. I have been informed that I have won a large sum of money which I don't believe but will investigate carefully without disclosures and report to authority if necessary.

[buildersmate]

There is a Swiss Lotto but there is also a bunch of people scamming off it. Does this look familar? -

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/swiss-lotto.html

[yummymummy]

I work within a Trading Standards environment and even without seeing the letter I can 95% say that it will be a scam. There are all sorts of variations along the same theme and they change regularly.

Either report it to your local Consumer Direct/Trading Standards or send to Scambusters at OFT.

[joebrown]

Swiss Lotto. I know it is a scam but wondered if anyone else has had similar. I have traced it as far as a so-called UK agent with a box numbet in Liverpool withoug compromising my computer so will report it. Thanks for the quick answers

[dzug]

If you didn't enter it's a scam.

The PO Box in Liverpool probably does not exist.

If you contact them by e-mail or an 070 phone number they will ask for money to process your 'winnings'. If you pay they will take the money and subsequently ignore you.

[joebrown]

Swiss Lotto. Thank you for all your answers and no further information is required. I do not communicate with SPAM and nor does my computer but I had never heard of this particular scam which uses the official Swiss site as part of it's machinations so I collected enough information to notify the authority. I doubt that anything will be discovered but it is always worth a try. Thanks.

[buildersmate]

Just a thought. Most of these financial services scams (that try and puruade you to input security details to 'unlock' your account) set-up a website that looks indential to the official site. It could yet another one of those.

[compman]

The simple answer is, if you've not purchased a ticket for the Swiss Lotto then you can't possibly win anything. Full stop.