What is the Gotenborg SMS Lottery

Published December 28th, 2006

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Since this summer, there has been reports about various SMS lottery scams, that are said to be originated in Sweden. Personally, I don’t really think they are. Even though they state an address for a Swedish Post Office Box in Gothenburg. Mark the spelling (not Gotenborg) as it is spelled in the sting mail. There might be a P O box there, but I vage that all incoming mail is resent somewhere else.

The person who sent me this mail asked how the scammers could have the number to his mobile phone as well as his email address. And I have been asking myself the same. But then I recall various forms that I have filled out on the www where I put my cellphone number in the phone field hoping that it would keep various phone sellers away.

There should be a lot of shady registers around with both email addresses and mobile phone numbers. Even if they arent as easily accessible as the large databases of email addresses that scammers can purchase.

From: “Tommy Fredrick”
Date: 22 December 2006 14:02:55 GMT+01:00
To: [information withheld]
Subject: Re: What is the Gotenborg SMS Lottery?

The Gotenborg SMS Lottery
P O Box 201
Gotenborg, SE-211 20
SWEDEN
(Customer Services)

Ref: LSWE/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

Dear Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (#1017) of the GOTENBORG SMS LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International Program held on Sat. 16th of December 2006.

Your telephone number attached to ticket number: 778900069 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 01.23.33.35.40.42. [25]. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 4,082,000 SEK (Four Million and Eighty Two Thousand Swedish Krona) in cash credited to file SWE/9023174308/05.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 4,082,000 SEK would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. To file for your claim, please print and fill the attached form and send it to
Susan Patrick Email: susanpatrickgsl@hotmail.com
susanpatrickgsl@officeemail.net

Who will direct you on how to claim your winnings and also inform the payment office to prepare and send your send winnings, that way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when collecting the money i.e. Drivers license or International passport.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the GOTENBORG SMS LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Tom Fredrik (Mr.)
Online Coordinator for GOTENBORG SMS LOTTERY.
Sweepstakes International Program.
–
Tommy Fredrick
tomfred@mailup.net
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This entry was posted on Thursday, December 28th, 2006 at 3:20 pm and is filed under Lottery scams, iScams.

32 Responses to “What is the Gotenborg SMS Lottery”

1. AHMAD TALAL MOUSSALLI Says:
   January 25th, 2007 at 6:53 am

   no response from susan patrick to direct me how to claim my prize.
   no claim form attached with your message.
   thank you.
   mobile 00966 xxx xxx xxx
   [mobile phone number taken out by Nikke]

2. AHMAD TALAL MOUSSALLI Says:
   January 25th, 2007 at 8:54 am

   KINDLY PLEASE CALL ME BACK OR EMAIL ME ALL THE INFORMATIONS NEEDED TO CLAIM MY WINNED PRIZE.
   THANK YOU

3. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
   January 25th, 2007 at 9:18 am

   Dear Ahmad,
   The thing with the lottery is that there is no lottery. It’s all a scam to try to make you pay them money for handling the payment.

   (If someone fluent in Arabic reads this, please post a comment that explains this in words that Ahmad Talal Moussali understands.)

4. AHMAD TALAL MOUSSALLI Says:
   January 27th, 2007 at 6:31 am

   DEAR NIKKE,
   ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME THAT IT IS ALL A DECEPTION FROM SOME OUTLAWS WHO PLAY AND LIE ON OTHERS USING THE NAME OF TOM FREDRICK AND G,S.LOTTERY?

5. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
   January 27th, 2007 at 10:52 am

   Yes Ahmad, it’s a sad fact, but the ‘Gotenborg SMS Lottery’ isn’t more real than… well the ‘Malmoe SMS Lottery’.

6. AHMAD TALAL MOUSSALLI Says:
   January 27th, 2007 at 1:23 pm

   THANK YOU VERY MUCH NIKKE ,IWISH THAT I AM A REAL WINNER THEN I WOULD RATHER PREFER TO PAY YOU A NICE GIFT FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
   THANKS AGAIN

7. belmoeiti Says:
   January 30th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

   bonjour cher monsieur nikke est-ce vraiment c’est un jeu pour participer et gagner suivant la chance ou vous jouez sur les sentiments des personnes ?!!

8. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
   January 31st, 2007 at 1:36 am

   Bonjour Belmoeiti,

   Je ne suis pas le créateur de la loterie. J’essaye seulement d’avertir des personnes au sujet de ces genres de fraudes de loterie.

   (The above is written with the help of Google Translate. I hope it still comes out as somewhat understandable.)

9. belmoeiti Says:
   January 31st, 2007 at 1:14 pm

   bonjour cher nikke merçi de vos conseils svp tu peux me donner une idée sur the gotenborg sms lottery merci encore.

10. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    Cette page en Francais (á la Google).

11. belmoeiti Says:
    February 1st, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    bonjour cher nikke merci infiniment de vos conseils svp peux tu nous donner une idée précise sur la the gotenborg sms lottery est -ce vrai ou non?et encore merci.

12. belmoeiti Says:
    February 2nd, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    bonjour cher nikke lindqvist j’attends toujours votre réponse merci.

13. belmoeiti Says:
    February 2nd, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    bonjour cher nikke lindqvist merci infiniment de vos conseils svp peux tu nous donner une idée précise sur the gotenborg sms lottery est-ce vrai ou non? MERCI.

14. belmoeit Says:
    February 5th, 2007 at 10:05 am

    bonjour cher nikke lindqvist j’attends toujours votre réponse que j’éspere favorable .merci

15. Nel Says:
    February 7th, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    Dear Nikke,

    I got a response from Susan Patrick. A certificate and approved letter. I have to phone Peter Axelson on +46701560507 A lady answered the phone and said that Peter is on a break and must phone back in an hour. Have they stolen my identity? What should i do? The lady sounded like a Nigerian

16. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
    February 7th, 2007 at 5:59 pm

    Nel,

    That number is a Swedish mobile phone number that seems to be unlisted, so it is most probably a prepayed phone card of some kind. The phone could of course be situated in any country.

    I really don’t think the scammers have stolen your identity. Most probably it’s all a scam to make you pay some kind of transfer fees.

17. crt Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 8:19 am

    Dear Nikke,

    Yesterday I got an SMS mesage, that I won the same ammount but on Nordic SMS Lottery , but the amount and names are the same as by Gotenborg SMS Lottery.

    Is this Nordic SMS Lottery allso a scam?

18. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 12:36 pm

    Most probably. There is no such official lottery what so ever.

19. Adam Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 8:08 pm

    i get the sms what should i do please help me

20. Dominic Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 12:21 am

    Hello from Slovenia !!! I am received SMS from NORDIC SMS LOTTERY…. the same names……….O….. thanks to help me !!!!!!!!
    Have nice day and nice life!!!

21. Jeff Tapaoan Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 3:13 am

    I made some queries on the NORDIC SMS Lottery, because Susan (susanpatrick_gsl@mailup.net) told me through an email to send them to a certain Varis Olof (+46704051742)

    Here is the content of his message:

    Address: Kungsgatan 112
    S-90187 Umea,
    Sweden
    Name: Interbank payment service
    Foreign Remittance Department:

    Dear Jefferson Clifford J. Tapaoan

    You are welcome to the Nordic Lottery Payment Office an affiliate of
    the Nordic SMS Lottery. I am pleased to be at your service and you
    have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Department
    at the headquarters of the Nordic SMS Lottery.

    The original copy of your winning certificate, together with a covering
    document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for
    Claims) stating that the money was obtained
    legally through the Nordic SMS Lottery is ready and has been sent
    to the tax agency for processing

    With regards to you collecting your money, it would be required for you
    to either come over to Sweden to collect your money in person, office hours
    is
    between 10 am and 4 pm monday to friday and on saturday 10 am to 2 pm,
    you are also advised that you should notify us of your arrival, so we
    will send our staff to come pick you at the airport, secondly on
    arrival, you are required to pay a tax and insurance fee to the Tax Agency
    that
    would issue a tax clearance to us and also issue an approval for the money
    to be given
    to you, the tax fee is 13,775 Swedish Krona, you are advised to come with
    that
    amount so you will pay to the Tax agency.

    But if you are not able to come over to Sweden, then I would advise that
    you contact the Tax Agency and find a way of send the money to
    the them for the approval to be issued and we will collect the
    tax clearance, then we will either make a bank transfer
    of the money to you or we will send a bank cheque to you through a
    courier company ( DHL or UPS ), but you will notify us of the best way
    you would prefer the money been sent to you.

    I know you would have prefer that the tax fee be deducted from the
    amount you won, but your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance
    policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money
    before it has been remitted to you. This means that no charges can be
    deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your
    prize is transferred to you, and secondly you are the only person that
    is liable to receive the money and not until the approval is received
    from the tax office, the money cannot be transferred or deducted.

    This is in accordance with section 13(1) (n) of the national gambling
    act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the
    constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to avoid
    misappropriation of funds
    Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is
    exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period,
    your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be
    reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

    I hope to hear from you soon.
    Good luck and Congratulations once again.
    Regards,
    Mr. Varis Olof
    Head of Payment Office
    +46- 704051742

22. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 3:23 am

    For starters, Mr Olof Varis (Olof is a first name and Varis is a surname) uses a prepaid mobile phone number.
    Second. This type of lottery is strictly prohibited by law in Sweden, where we, like many other countries have national lottery monopolies for our gambling needs.

    It’s a scam, and nothing else.

23. Jeff Tapaoan Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 5:41 am

    Dear Nikke,

    Thank you very much for your help.

    Whew, these people always thrives on somebody else’s for their own gains. I had already some doubts before because I never entered or enlisted my mobile number to any lottery or whatsoever gaming stuffs. When this Mr. Olof replied, he couldn’t write a professional letter in English format, considering he’s a “HEAD” of a Payment Office.

    Anyways, tt’s such a nice thing to have you around explaining these to us.

24. karaoui amar Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

    u said me that i won some money but i didn’t receive it yet

25. rashad zeed alali aldaher Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 1:39 am

    لقد وصلتني رسالة من العنوان الذي سأذكره لاحقا بأنني فائز بيانصيب س م س الشمالي وعلي تسديد الضريبة وقدرها 13,775 كورونا
    وقد إختارني الكمبيوتر في 10/2/2007

26. rashad zeed alali aldaher Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 1:43 am

    I have moved this entire comment into a new post, since this is the first time we have received a full record of the so called Nordic SMS Lottery.
    See http://www.lindqvist.com/en/nordic-sms-lottery-a-scam.
    Many thanks to Rashad Zeed Alali Aldaher for submitting it here to Nikke’s Index.

27. Nordic SMS Lottery - a scam | Nikke’s Index Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 2:12 am

    […] payment Office, as a comment to the running thread about the very similar, and probably related Gotenborg SMS Lottery […]

28. rashad zeed alali aldaher Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 2:54 am

    please answer me to this prize: is,t right or no? and whay there sending as this letteres

    to anyone if was the prizes lies?

29. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 3:13 am

    They send them out since they want to fool you into paying the “tax”. After that they will probably try to fool you to pay more money, but since there is no lottery, you will never get any money.

    Be warned. Don’t send them any money!

30. Faez Emrer Says:
    March 16th, 2007 at 5:54 pm

    The Nordic SMS Lottery
    P O Box 201
    Sundvall, SE-211 20
    SWEDEN
    (Customer Services)
    Ref: LSWE/9262/6242/13
    Batch: R9/S827-15
    Dear Winner,
    We happily announce to you the draw (#2971) of the NORDIC SMS LOTTERY,
    online Sweepstakes International Program held on Sat. 10th of February
    2007.
    Your telephone number attached to ticket number: 935173422 with Serial
    number 1688/55 drew the lucky numbers: 05.18.29.78.59.74. [12].
    You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 4,082,000 SEK
    (Four Million and Eighty Two Thousand Swedish Krona) ( $586,189 ) in
    cash credited to file SWE/4521304172/07.
    All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
    World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
    100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
    online. This promotion takes place weekly.
    Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
    booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
    coupon. In view of this, your 4,082,000 SEK would be released to you by
    any of our payment offices in Europe.
    To file for your claim, please print and fill the attached form and send
    it to
    Regina Askia Email: reginaaskia@speedpost.net
    reginaaskia@officeemail.net
    Who will direct you on how to claim your winnings and also inform the
    payment office to prepare and send your send winnings, that way your
    Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be
    prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of
    identification when collecting the money i.e. Drivers license or
    International passport.
    For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
    confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
    you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of
    our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
    of this program. Please be warned.
    Good luck from me and members of staff of the NORDIC SMS LOTTERY.
    Yours faithfully,
    Lars Werner (Mr.)
    Online Coordinator for NORDIC SMS LOTTERY.
    Sweepstakes International Program.
    –
    Lars Werner
    larswerner@speedpost.net

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31. amber arshad Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 11:46 am

    hi’
    i recieve your letter by post. i have won the loteria in 2nd category. i try to you with telephone and by fax.but no response from your side.your fax machine not responding and running a tape. what is this? my claim agent is Mr Juan Lucas the foreign services Manager of SANTALUCIA SEGUROS S.A.Reply from my side last date is 27 April 2007.send me email address.thanks
    mobile.00923nnnnnnnnn

32. Nikke Lindqvist Says:
    April 16th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    Hi Amber,

    First of all, it wasn’t I who sent you the letter, nor anyone assiciated with this site. I’ve edited out your mobile phone number from your comment, since it might get you into more trouble with the scammers.

    The people who sent you the mail act as false representatives for a lottery that doesn’t exist, and their only objective is to try to make you pay fees and taxes that are just as non-existant.

    Please make sure not to pay them anything, nor send them any bank information.

    Cheers,
    Nikke Lindqvist

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