Switzerland Identity Theft Settlement Advance Fee Scam
Recipient of the fake "Identity Theft Settlement" email below are asked not to follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by online scammers who are attempting to trick potential victims into sending them money. Once you are contacted unexpectedly and asked to send money in order to receive money, it is a scam.
The "Switzerland Identity Theft Settlement" Advance Fee Scam
From: "Raphael Albrecht" court-notice@swissmail.com
Date: 6 March 2020 at 5:14:42 am AEST
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Reply-To: raphael.albrecht@basel-stadt.org
Attachment: Identity Theft Settlement-01.pdf (93 KB)
Hello
Case/Reference ID: AU448994658
I have tried to reach you but to no avail.
Please go through the attached and get back to me immediately.
Regards,
Mr. Raphael Albrecht
Administrative Clerk
Notification ID: AU448994658
Notification Date: 03.05.2020
Notification Subject: (Identity Theft Settlement)
We regret to inform you that your identity has been compromised in an identity theft scheme recently uncovered
in Switzerland by federal authorities.
Your more personal details have been undisclosed in this email for your own security as your email might have
been compromised as well. Your information was exposed during the Facebook system breach of September
2018 were millions of user accounts were affected worldwide. The offenders have since been prosecuted, tried
and ordered monetary settlement to victims involved willingly through wire fraud and romance or other scams or
unwillingly through identity theft and hacking. This means victims that had direct contact with the offenders by
telephone or email and those who are unaware of the incident prior to this notification.
This notice is a summary. For case details, terms and conditions of the settlement please see the official
settlement notification report. You may obtain a copy of this report by contacting the office of the Clerk of the
Court for the Strafgericht des Kantons Basel-Stadt by return email, or by visiting in person at
Schützenmattstrasse 20, 4009 Basel, Switzerland between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding Court holidays.
We've tried to contact you several times through the court e-notification system, but received no response, hence
my trying to reach you via private email, hope you receive notification this time and confirm receipt in order to
stop further attempts. Our phone lines are extremely busy during this period as we are receiving a lot of claim
settlement calls, so contact via email will get you the quickest response.
Yours Truly,
Raphael Albrecht| Administrative Clerk
Strafgericht des Kantons Basel-Stadt (District Court)
Schützenmattstrasse 20, 4009 Basel, Switzerland
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