Euromilliones Español S.L. repeating themselves

I my name is Jessica and I did not recieve a email I recieve a letter!!! Same thing as the email thing though!! I was torn and did not know what to do because I did not want to be the fool! How do we know that we have not won money?? What if it really is true?? How do you find out? I am so confused and I would love for it to be true!! I have not yet done anything but I was suppose to send the 1950.00 To them to insure the money or i had to pay 1200 to trasfer it to my bank account! Why do they do this to people??
Jessica Pratt

Hi Jessica,

Believe me. It just isn’t true.

Nifty, aren’t they? 1,950 and 1,200 in what currency? Tell them your are a bit short of cash but that they can deduct the handling fee from your winnings and just send you a check.

Actually, what they are doing, is several things. First they want to make you pay 3,150 dollars/pounds/euro/whatever. Secondly (if they can) they would very much like you to hand over your bank account and the right to transfer money from it as well.

hi im karwa yaryam,
i have also get that type of lottery ticket the ticket no:33.410 i want to conform about my lottery ticket is it right or wrong i dont know please send me the fetail of this winner ticket euro million espanol s,l.i will be wait for ur replyyyyyy
thank you

Hi Karwa,

I can of course not be definitely sure about your ticket, but the mail I received was nothing but an attempt to scam a little money out of me, and even attempt an identity theft.

Don’t respond. Just trash the mail, and forget about it. That’s my advice.

I received e-mails via a security company (which does have a website) re this so-called lottery win. (I do not recall ever purchasing a ticket but I have recently joined the Iberia Airline club).

I sent the Security firm a scanned picture of my passport (an expired one) and completed a form. The securty firm have now forwarded to me a Certificateof Award but are now asking for a ‘Municiple Task Fee’ of over a thousand euros – which converts into £712, which I am supposted to transfer to the Local Government of Madrid via Ministerio de Economia Y Hacienda – via Ministerio de Economia Y Hacienda (which does seem to exist).

However, I am suspicious…..

Hi Mary,

You have every reason to be suspicious. May I wonter what kind of e-mail service these alledged officials and security firms are using?

Good move to send them a scan of an expired passport. Didn’t you get any reaction to that?

hi,
i reieved letter from euro million espanol S.L.but that letter is on my father name not mine.My father is not educated he never used internet nor buy a lottery ticket. we rcvd letter at home wid a telephone and fax number that my father has won a ticket in fourth category and now fax release form.we have sent release form with account number now the person who is claim agent he says to send 1,300 euro to insure yourself.kindly guide me that is this true or not what i have to do?is this a fake lottery and just fraud?why they do so ?

hi

My name is Dean. i checked my email just now and i found same scam thing which you guys were facing. i do not think it is real but i replied to them,” hi. thanks a lot. i am rich enough. so please donate the money to a charitable organization for me…”

i have seen too many scam emails like this in my mail box. and i am tired of them. i blocked the senders, but they still could manage to send other similar emails to me using other email address.

hi im Tabish,
i have also get the letter with the ticket no:56202 i want to conform about my lottery win is it right or wrong i dont know please send me the detail of this winner ticket euro million espanol s,l.i will be wait for ur replyyyyyy
thank you

I have received a letter sayin I have won £315,810.00 with similar requests for my bank details, photo and next of kin details. Slightly different address from Santalucia Seguros in Spain. Was at a conference in Barcelona a couple of months ago and can only put it down to then

My poor mother in law recieved this exact same letter today (April 18, 2007). She was so excited because the letter was post marked from Spain and bore the logo of a bank she had an account with there years ago. She thought for sure she could tell all her kids to stop working. ha ha.

Dear Nikki L.,

My dad received a posted letter and has the similiar request but called e-lottery syndicate. The content is similiar but I am asked to contact Don Martin Alexandre and release order department Corredor de Seguros S.A. Can you verify that the above is fake.

Rgds

Hi i also got a letter from euro million espanol S.L and i read every mesage here. i think nobody understand what is going. surely everyone has a suspicion. here nobody answer the questions. I called my agent point that letter. I could not reach. Also I am from turkey???????
regards

Hi there, I also just got a letter from them to contact Compania de Seguros Atlanticos SA, a certain Mr Carlos Malolo saying I had won 615180 Euros. Definitely too good to be true! 🙂 same thing. I think it might be a good idea to let some authorities in Britain or Spain know about this…
regards

i also recieved something like this and don’t know if it is true is there anyway to verify or is this all a hoax?

i recieved a letter today claiming that i have won $615,810.00 american to be shared among17 other winners they said that i would have to rply in the next 2 weeks or i wouldnt recieve my money they also said that a security company called ALLIED WELLS SECURITY COMPANY S.A had entered my name they also told me not to tell anyone i had won the money and they attached a form to get all of mybanking info from me so they could transfer the the money to me but i would have to give 10% of my winnings to allied wells for entering my name i really hope nobody falls for this scam i dont even kno how they got my mailing address

Hi

I have received a letter from International Lotto Commission saying I have won 615,810 euros and the agent has got the money now. They have asked me to send a form with lots of personal data and bank details to transfer 90% of the price money. Another big scam.

I got a letter from Spanish Sweepstake International Promotions Programme but it read virtually the same as the email above. I had apparently won €785,510.00. Don’t anyone be fooled by these scams. It’s got to be scam. Why do they need a security deposit, why not take it out of the winnings. don’t worry that you might be losing out on riches. They say if it seems to good to be true, then it usually is.

hi,I too have received a very official looking letter from a LUISE WAYAS to say that I had won €618,810,00 on the spanish sweepstake lottery.Why is no one acting to stamp out this scam as it is criminal to raise peoples hopes falsely.

A letter No____________ Bearing the Headings ”EURO MILLION ESPANA S.L” was sent to me on 16th July 2007 that was recieved by me on 25th July 2007. It also inclded a Reference No, A Batch No and a Security File No. It says that I have won 410,000.00 Euros with the Ticket No…. in the third Category. It further asks me to contact with their registered Claims Agent, DEUTCH SECURITIES AGENCY whose Phone No. and Fax No. have been provided in the letter. I wonder if I can file a case of fraudulent , missguidance and playing with human feelings and psychology. Of course I deserve the right to take them to International Court of Justice for playing with innocent Human Feelings and Psychology. Can any one has further advice for taking such scammers to the Courts of Justice in this world. I shall be pleased to hear any advice or comments. Thanks.

hi there,

My dad also received a posted letter and has the similiar request but called e-lottery syndicate. The content is similiar but I am asked to contact Don Martin Alexandre and release order department Corredor de Seguros S.A. Can you verify that the above is fake or true…..
……..I’ll try to fax back the form required and waits if the payment have been done………if there is no effect, the similiar website will be terminated or the syndicate may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law.

thnks.

hi i also received a letter fro santa andalusia seguros company sa for winning 915,000,00 euros YOY KNOW THAT IS A SCAM AND FAKE WHY YOY DONT REPORT ALL THEESE SAMMERS TO INTERPOL OR FBI FOR FINANCIAS CRIMES
THANK YOY I WILL ENT A COPY TO THE LOCAL POLICE FOR INTERPOL

hi!
i also recived letter via mail,my boyfriend said thats scam. My letter was sign by MR.JOSE LUISA…smth.i cant even read it. and i supose to claim to the end of this month(august 2007) to a DR.ANTONO DIAZ just for the record :is there any diffrence? please answer

my name is Sylvia and I to was sent one of the Lucky Winner Emails and yes it was a share of 615,810. I sent them the details as requested by fax and then waited for them to contact me! She Did Mrs Ellen Fernandez Foriegns operations manager for Global Seurtiy company , so she said ! contacted me to say the money was waiting for me to claim I had to wait from a call form another gentlman ! That gentleman did call me telling me how lucky i was and the money was ready for me to collect ! only thing was i had to send over a£1000 pounds for insurance to cover the cheque they were sending me, but i told them Iwasnt parting with any money until i have received my LUCKY winnings ! And that i had friends n MAdrid. who could pick the monry direct Oh can not think why !
So yes i was taken in at first – but alarm bells staring ringing- Thank god ! So please be more carefull than I was – otherwise its just wasted time !!!!
Do not part with any money in advance of receiveing your so called winnings !

Thank goodness for internet-I too received a letter from this scam e-lottery syndicate claiming I had won 385,510.00 Euros-ha!ha! would have been nice though! Of course they wanted my personal info and bank info-I DON’t THINK SO!! I hope someone knows how to stop these crooks! Be careful everyone!!

Yep, like hundreds of others, I was today offered the opportunity to become multi rich…..yeah and pigs will fly!!!!!! Send the emails, letters etc. to the Spanish Embassy or High Commission. If they get enough off them they MIGHT do something about iT!!!!!!!! oR BETTER STILL, SEND IT BACK AND TELL THEM TO GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY!!!!! tHAT IS WHAT iM DOING

Just remember – NO ONEgives you money. You have to fight for it even if youre entitled to it……FREE money????…….NEVER

Hello to all!

I just received the email from Seguros Security SL. I decidet not to claim from them. Why? …. Experience. Two or three years ago, I recived almost the same email from organization that was located in Amsterdam (they were hiding by the name of Freelotto, but they didnt have anything to do with the real Freelotto.com), with the notice, that I have won 1 milion€. Of course as girl with out a job and with a lot of depts, I was wery happy for my winning.
Problems statrted when I started to claim my winnings. First I had to pay some fee (i dont know anymore why) in worth of 150€. OK, i asked my mom to loan me some money and payd it. Then they asked me to pay 940english pounds for som legal ntotification or something. I got some more loan to pay this. And after that they again wanted me to pay for something…. I told them (we contaced by mail and phone) that Im unemployed and that I already had to loan money to pay for those fees and that I would lik them to deduct this payment from my wining. No they say, that is not possible. Bla, bla, bla. Aftr my last email to them, where I writed that is no fer to say to the people that are alerady in depts to claim money for a winning. After that mail no one responded.
After big desipointment I started to search on the internet for the company and those people and find out, that they are criminals and that the winnings are a big frauds!!!
Dont fall for the same stupid thig as I had.

Regards

hey there… get this,i got the same letter,same bullshit.. i live in ireland tho.. my question is this… how the fuck are these people gettin home addresses ?? seriously?? ive never even been to spain!!!! can sumone let me know so i can track down this an report it

Recieved letter 31st August 2007 WINTERTHUR SEGUROS COMPANIA S.A. ”SCAM”
: DR Antonio LOPES Tel: 0034 651 567 749 (This is a Mobile number) thought why would an official letter have a mobile number?
Phoned and spoke to Antoinio Lopez who said to faxed the form.

Faxed on their Lottery Payment Form: details to: 0034 911 011 725 (£4) but did not complete bank details just ticket payment by certified cheque.

Next day: recieved phone call from: Don Pablo Oscar
Bank Santander Madrid 0344 626 3309 Direct Number
Informed me that there was a Certified Cheque for £420,677 pounds sterling, this is tax free under international lottery rules.. hmmmm sounds convincing.
Said I wanted it paid in Euros to a spainish account.. which threw him.

Went on to say after very officially confirming my details and address.
that there was an need to ”PAY” IVA hmmmm thats local spainish taxes.
Which I know start off at 4% upto 16% sum of £975 % of what? @what rate £420,677,000

The Amount of £975 to contact the agent who would inform me of what to do next? so I have to contact the agent direct and speak with them to arrange payment.. Hmmmmm yeah me finx not..

Thats where I left it.. but made scan of the letter and emailed to a friend in Spain to look at…
today I was informed to look at this web site… lol
Firstly: as soon as any mention of payment is made.. thats the ”SCAM”

This is being passed on to police also Bank Santader.. As they are using the Bank as some form of front.

If this was official wouldn’t they require proof of ”Purchase” or some sort of Ticket.. dont forget those 2 numbers ought to be monitored :
Madrid 0344 626 3309 Direct Number
Tel: 0034 651 567 749 (This is a Mobile number)

Thank you for publishing the information about the lottery fraud, I was hoping it was for real but know in my heart it wasn’t.
I hope people will put the letter in the bin, and don’t waste time on it.

I recieved a letter titled ‘Euromillones Lottery Primitiva s.a.’ from Antonio Carlos Vice President asking me to ring 0034 675 013 803 and fax 0034 911 817 359 in Spain! I expect these are premium numbers!
The contents of the letter was similar to the E-Mails above.
No E-Mail address was given

recieved letter the same as zak just thought i would check it out and found this site so posting this
17th august 2007 lottery/international or euromillones loteria international need
details and information heres and you to ring dr antonio lopez on 0034 692 880 872 sounds to good to be true. but scam they say you need details but only a 10% to agent when you get money its only £42,000 ouch for what just send money to me lol

yesterday my son who is nin years old , got a letter from El catalejo lottery bord, that he had won 575 000 Euro , so i dont know what to do , i was thinking that this is a scam. So after reading alt this email i know this is a scam, but i will try to do the same as Zack , and then report it to the police.

svein
Norway

Hi! My wife recevied the same letter as Svein, the same amount of price-money as well, so I guess I better cancel the brand new Mercedes I ordered huh……. 🙂

Kent
Norway

Hi, I have received a letter from ”EURO MILLION ESPANA S.L,”. The posting date of letter is 25,Aug 2007 and i have received it in starting days of sep 2007. The letter goes in this way,

From: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
Ref: EUM/274/L7.
Batch: 0012/2007
AWARD NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY.
We are pleased to inform you, the beneficiary whose name is on this mail,( more personal data not included, to avoid impersonation) about the release of the awaited result, of our international promotion program held on 7th august 2007. this program was designed to promote and encourage international participation in our high stake new year Spanish Sweepstakes.

All names entered in the program were presented by our international marketing department in conjunction with world residential white and yellow pages, humanitarian organizations, and the help of chambers of commerce of countries world wide.

Using a computer balloting selection system from all names submitted for the program, your name with ticket number ***** won in the second category, and was awarded the sum of 380.000.00Euro (Three hundred and eighty thousand Euro), your security file number for your winning claim is
(**********), keep strictly personal

All claims, must be submitted by a registered claims agent for varification immediatly, this is due to some mix up in participants family names. For this purpose, we recommended our registered claims agent. EUROCITY GRUPO SECURIDAD S.A.

To begin your claims, please contact your claims agent DR FELLMAN JOSE.transfer manager of EUROCITY GRUPO SECURIDAD S.A, by completing the enclosed release order form and sending it back by fax on fax number +34-940 462 112 or telephone number +34-680 230 115, for all necessary varifications before direct claim or alternative transfer can be effected.
And so on…..

The dead line date for this claim was written 18th september 2007. I have completed that enclosed release order form (in which i have written information about me) and send it by fax to the fax number mentioned in the form with in the dead line date. The signatury of the letter is Mr. Alex Alvarez ( The programe Director).

The adress written on the letter is;

APARTADO DE CORREOS NO. 695
23080, 58 PLAZA JAN CARLOS,
MADRID SPAIN.
24th August 2007.

Please inform me about the progress in the process of my claim. Thank you!

@Shujaat Parvez

I hope you by now have realized what this site is all about. If not. The purpose of this site is to expose the scammers that send out fake e-mail lottery mails, like the one you received. There isn’t any money to claim, since the senders are fraudsters (scammers, thieves or whatever you want to call them) who operate on the sole purpose to convince people that they should pay commissions, fees, taxes, and even bribes during the process of claiming the proceeding from lotteries that doesn’t even exist.

hi ive seen everybodys comments about this euro milliones, i fell for i i have lost all my money i had saved.i have tried to take this further but i wont be heard as a one voice.plz we cud make this stop by getting together all information we still hav.plz reply so that no one else does the same mistake we have done.i need all yor help plz. if the british embassy and the spanish police along with the banks worked together they cauld do much more to stop these people. but people like the spanish police are also to blabe. addious plez repley i need as much support i can , thanks

hi i got same letter today i agree its a scam and certainly some police in both countries should be informed
it actually says (as a heading)AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION final?????? its the first i have heard of it nothing doing carlos get your pennies from another mug cos i’m not playing

Hi i got a letter from El catalejo lottery bord and as i read here this is not true, but i want to know how they found my address, where they found it? If someone knows sth just reply. thanks

After having also received a winning letter from this company here are the details of the two participants of this scam
Mr Antonio Lopez Foreign Operations Manager 0034655497805
Dr John Paco apparently ”Bankmanager” Tel 0034628602993
and one should send the money from Thomas Cook only to
Alice John
35 Avenida de la Abufera
Madrid Spain

Somebody from the Bank or Police should enquire about those 2 gentlemen

We got a nice looking letter in the mail from Spain, with the contents almost identical to those posted above. Ours was from ”Mr. Albert Lopez.” We are to fill out a form with to bank account name and number, including a ”photocopy of personal identity.”
We knew it was fraudulent, of course. I looked up the address given for Filter Security Agency SA on GoogleEarth-looks to be a high rise office or apartment block.
I suggest that people who receive a letter, take it to the post office for fowarding to the to the office of the inspector general.
Please be smart and not send these people any money.

I have had a letter today that includes all the details I have read above. The only thing that really differs is the names. I was told to contact Mr Manuel Lucas who is the Foreign Operations Manager. We have contacted the National Lottery who informed us that this is a scan and loads of people have been calling anout. Of course, I couldnt resist trying to call the numbers given and didnt get anything on one and on the other couldnt understand what was being said as I dont speak Spanish!!!!!

I just received one of these famous leters myself today.After looking into the website of the lottery i realizd this is just a scam and a very popular one.Just found it very odd that it only took 3 says for a leeter to travel from spain to canada. Wish i could get local leters that quick. So people beware and thanks for exposing these scams for what they are

Hi All

Received a scam letter today 26/10/07.Stating I was the lottery winner of SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS ONLY!
‘DUE TO MIXED UP OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL …BLAH, BLAH, BLAH’! i Knew it would be a scam as I wouldn’t do a lottery and heard about things like this. Anyway I called THEM to get their business/company registration details so that I could see if they were legit AND report them to authorities. Well! talk about being evasive. I also informed them that since they had my home address details why didn’t they just deduct their 10% they required and post me the balance, as they believe I live at that address and don’t require any of my details so they should consider it legit. The gentleman I spoke to (who had an african accent, not spanish) informed me that it was up to me if I wanted the money or not and put the phone down. I am going to report this company to all and any one I can think off.

BE VERY AWARE OF LA PRIMITIVA, APARTADO DE CORREOS 129, 28085, MADRID SPAIN. TEL: 0034 646 352 204

Hi all

I received the same letter but I have the e-mail address for the agent.

Don Martin Rodrigo Vicente
Foreign Operation Department
Euro Grant Consultants S.A.
Tel: +34 648 613 719 Fax: +34 911 849 860
Email: eurogrant@consultant.com

The site which owned this e-mail address is consultant.com. It actually is just the marketing site to make money.

I looked a little further and saw the hosting company of this website is

Locrian Enterprises
(dba) LMi.net
1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley, CA 94709

Phone Numbers
Main Office: (510) 843-6389
That’s (510) THE NETWork!
Toll Free: (888) 420-0420
Fax: (510) 843-6390

that’s the fact!!!

I also e-mail the abuse/spam section of the company asked them to do something about it.

Let’s see what going to happen to consultant.com in next week. I will report to internet crime department.

Hey Bridget, and every other person here!
A friend of mine also recived a letter, luckily they showed me, they were so excited, but I knew straight away it would be a scam! Think all us Brits should contact watchdog about this to warn everyone else in UK.

Sarah

i also received a letter saying iv won money from the euromillions, a mistake was made on the 20th august, which was funny enough the same time that i was on holiday in puerto rico in gran canaria, so i was curious if this was of any relevance. i think that calling watchdog is a good idea. someone might fall for this scam!

Hello there.

If you have received either an email or a letter stating you have won x amount of money in a lottery you never entered – THEN IT’S A SCAM !!

***DON’T START THINKING, BUT WHAT IF? COULD IT BE TRUE? ETC ETC – IT’S NOT***

Anyone who is stupid enough to believe it, and then send money off with your bank details, then you deserve to get ripped off.
If it’s an email – delete it. If it’s a letter – bin it.

You’ll thank me in the long run.

I got the letter in the mail. They worked hard to make it appear real – the ”stamp” is actually initialed in ink.

very annoying.

I have just received a Letter from PROGRAMA LOTERIA ESPANol mention that i won an amount of 575,982.30 Euros and to be paid through one of the following options A)Cheque b)Cash pick up c) Bank Transfer
The the agent name is:
DON MARTIN RODRIGO VICENTE
Foreign Operation Department
Euro Grant Consultants S.A
Tel: +34 648 613 719
Fax: +34 911 849 860
Email: eurogrant@consultant.com
and they send me a form to fill it up and sign it with agree to pay 6% as a commission to this agent.
but after I made some search i found this site which confirm my feeling it’s just a spam.

these letters now turning up the uk please beware

fred

i have received a letter from ”EL. CATALEJO LOTTERY BOARD S.L” this must be reported to the police officer.. at first i cant believe that i won and i cant remember i joined this program.. BEWARE TO THIS SENDERS!

I have received a letter from eurogrante@consultant.com mentioning that they give me an appointment in their office as a planning assistant in business administration department. I was surprised how this handsome offer comes without putting efforts and now they are asking for my passport scanned copy ofemail so that they can send me a work permit. I immediately search a lot of authenticity and finally i got this website to trace their credibility and let me know how i can get the concrete information about this company.www.consultant.com with the new email id eurogrante@consultant.com

They mention my basic pay is 4300 Euros , 800 Euro (Monthly Pocket Allowance), Free meal with accomodation, free laptop for office and home, free mobile and landline calls and also pick and drop facility.

Is it possible?

I shall be very kind enough if you send me updates.

Waoww…
From Toronto, Canada, I received postmail letter same as described in post 50 above.
I was kind of fool but thought it might be true…since it is originated in a modern society/country such as Spain (not Nigeria) Called in and spoke to some guy who claims is DON MARTIN RODRIGO VICENTE. Calmly he confirmed I won 575,982.30 Euros …bull shit. He added I should fill in the form and choose the option of payment… no money have been asked from me though…
Told him is Driver’s licence ok enough or should I had in a copy of my Canadian Passport…he said ”preferably copy of passport”

I can’t believe Spanish Gov is tolerating this kind of spam…false info being sent to correct addresses and honest citizen around the world.

I believe the poilice in Spain as well as Gov in the USA and Canada, Australia, UK are well aware of this wrong doing… and still tolerating it.

Going back to work…

Got the same letter as the guys above and was ecstatic upon it’s reciept. However, how can I win a lottery in Spain if I have not even been to that country, nor even speak enough Spanish to buy a goddamn ticket!!! I have been holding on to the letter until I’ve completed my background checks. Well, after seeing this webiste, I guess it’s really dumb of me to keep holding on as it’s obvious that it’s a SCAM. Unbelievable!!!

this is totaly fraud!!!nobody want give to u all this much money.

received same letter today, from loteria primitiva, tried to call at 10PM Toronto’s time, the phone is turned off, I know that the Police wouldn’t do anything, Scams were never a priority, the police don’t try to catch even the local scammers why would they bother with the international ones. the sad thing is that people do fall for this, I myself thought that the letter with all the reference numbers looked very credible, but i wondered why would they send a scanned copy instead of an original. I’m sure that the names used are fake. so apparently there isn’t much we can do about this but inform others and ask them to be careful.

my friend have just sent her license photocopy. i dont know if what they are going to do with that. is there something that we can do to stop this. is there be a possible problem after we have sent it. i hope there will be no problem. thanks

my

Hi My partner received this letter today also. I wondered how the address was obtained as he never uses the internet.

I decided to check it out and found this website. It would have been lovely just coming up to Christmas but noone gets anything for nothing.

M

Thank you! I have just received my letter telling me that i have won 785,510.00 euros and that I should fill in all my personal details and the agent JOHN CARLOS PINTO, the foreign service manager of RIVER VIEW SECURITY COMPANY S.P. would process my claim to a bank of my choice but 10% belongs to them and 5% goes to EPUESTAS DEL ESTADO DE ESPANA. The phone number is the same as the one above which is 0034 646 352 204 but the address is PLAZA DE EUROPA/ 40, C-14541, MADRID. the envelope had a normal spanish stamp on it so it looked quite good but it has all now gone through the shredder!!! Its definatley a scam

November 24, 2007 9:00 am. I received a letter exact content as that in post 45 above with the same winnings (that’s rediculous). The letter was addressed to my husband and since it mentioned it’s going to expire on the 30th of Nov i gave this Mr Don Martin Rodrigo Vicente a call telling him my husband is away so we can’t beat the Nov 30th deadline to claim the prize. He said i can claim it on his behalf, i even asked him how we won in the lottery, i don’t recall his answer because i was in a shock state at that time. I went online to check about them and here i am waking up to the reality that i did not win anything. I was thinking what to do with the money….hahaha.

I am from Toronto, Canada have also received a letter stating I won $794,000 ! Sounds exciting but complete bullshit after i did my research on the internet and found this webpage. I am a little concerned from where do they get my address and name !!! And what else they might do with this info ! SHouldn’t we go to interpol or police ? has anyone tried to contact authorities ? Basically what is my next step to protect my family from this fraud !? The letter has a post mark from Spain and was sent overseas so how could they get my info ??? Please advise if you have contacted authorities and what was their response?

El-Catalejo Lottery Board S.L
” We are please to inform you today 6th day of August 2007 about the results of THE INTERNATIONAL EUROMILLIONES LOTTERY PROMOTION ”
Your winning amount is 575,982.30 Euros!

its all fake and also asked for a copy of my passport lol

and 6% of my winnings will be given to my agent… whoever that is lol

From Germany, I got the same cheap made fake letter by post to my homeadress in Germany, should be worth for them to spend a 58 Cent stamp.

I just received a letter in the mail. very disturbing me that they have my adress. I just moved here only a few months ago! lol ..they even spelled my last name right [thats a surprise, none of my other bills do]

I guess I didn’t win the lottery.. what a dissapointment

I am from romania.i got this kind of message too and i got excited.thank you for your comments or else…but i didn’t understand the catch very well…

Simon

i received a similar letter, please don’t trust that lottery,its a band of crooks who want to steel money from Canadians.i contacted the Spanish embassy in toronto and was advised not to send my identity to them.its a scam

my wife just got another one of those letters again this is the third one this year at this rate we will be able to retire shortly…… not. usaual shit some lazy smart ass sitting on his ass conning gulable people out of their hard earned money…..

hi,siddharta i too recieved job offer from same company i.e consultant incorporation(eurogrante@consultant.com) at post of planning assistant with the same handsome offer
i believe its fake but still i m checking its authenticity i m in regular touch wid the hr of the company from spain…..if u wish to contact me my id is harshsinghal1@gmail.com

Hi.I am from Canada.Today i reciceved letter from don Martin Rodrigo Vicento with exactly the same bullshit.Of course,I didn’t believe,just wondering how they now my address and name? Shoud I report to police?

I am from the UK – received same letter a couple of weeks ago asking for 10% of the winnings to the agent – for winning £700+k can’t be bad. Must think I am bloody daft not falling for that lark – its a shame that there are people like this in the world!

letter like that showed up in toronto, poor copy but makes people excited,remember if it’s to good to be true shred it!!!!!

i also received this stupid letter.
and all of you r help me to be carefull.
thans. now i will go to the police station.

I received a letter last week from El-Catalejo Lottery Board S.L. Which came to me via Canada Post, forwarded to my new address, after putting in a change of address with post office. Because I had been playing the Euro Millions Lottery, I believed it could be true. I called Don Martin Rodrigo Vicente, who asked me to fax over the completed form and a valid piece of I.D. I sent him the completed form and a copy of my Drivers license. Today I received a call from him, asking me to send a money gram for $ 2,750.00 to Malcom Francis C Bugos 58 28141 Madrid Spain. Also he said to make sure that my name was on the receipt for the money gram and fax the receipt to 011-34-911-849-860. At that time once the payment was received, the money would be paid to me by bank transfer. What can I do to stop them from using my Drivers I.D. and bank transfer information against me.

received from EURO MILLIONS INT’L Lottery board SL.Madrid Spain 2weeks ago.I filed it without viewing,that’s where it should have stayed,OOPS i peeped,WOW it blew me away, i believed it to be true and official.Batch, Referance, Track, and Winning numbers. I phoned to verify the statement made, spoke to a DR Joesph Lopez the agent, who seemed genuine, he constantly expressed CONGRATULATIONS you have won. On Saturday 15th December 2007 at 2.30am New Zealand time, I received a call from Mr Oscar Ripol, the Bank Manager of BANK SANTANDER MADRID,SPAIN, he requested I pay $1950.U.S. for Bank Transaction fees. I stated, U take out before sending, he said, No can do. By this stage it sounded questionable as to the lottery being legit. Im lucky for the support of my family and friends as I would have been swallowed up and spat out. Near enough a gullable believer. I intend to cancel my bank a/c number given, lucky I only had $2.00 in it. Im hurt over this as I had big plans of donating some of the money to the Childrens Hospital. I didn’t lose anything, just gained a fat telephone bill. OLD SAYING, BUYER BEWARE, it’s your own actions you suffer by.

They must be making money out if this scam to be able to post out letters with 58 cent stamps on

HI!

My father took part in a lottery and he received that he has won, but I am thinking that it may be fake, Can I check somewhere? When I phoned they told me that you have to insure the money so I am thinking that it might be fake the lottery’s name is ”Euromillones Loteria International S.L” Can you please answer my questions by sending me on my email address.

Thanks for your help

I had received a letter from euro millions espana s.l that contains a ref.no and batch.no ticket.no security file no..It is written that i had won 700,000.00 euros please tell me is it fake or not

OMER,

Its a fake!
Also, DO NOT send any money or bank details to them.
Ask them to call you and find out how they got your address and who registered you for the lottery.

I wish someone would physically meet the scammers and tell us what they look like. I would love to put a fist in their face.

I personally have never fallen for such scams (and I’ve got about 100 such letters/emails till date). However, I am sure there are some people who are gullible enough to fall for this.
I wonder how much money such scammers have made… maybe millions of $$$ ?!?

I saw a show ”Dateline NBC, to catch a scammer” which attempted to catch and expose the ”Nigerian inheritence fund” type of scammers. Was quite funny.

Any ideas where or how they get my addresses? I don’t recall giving my postal address to dodgy sites.

Hi!!

I also got this letter… but in the mail. WHY DON’T THOSE PEOPLE GO GET A LIFE!! yeash trying to scam people.=P and how do they know my name and address… they live on the other side of the world from me….

i just got a letter saying all the same things i cALLED spain gave him my # he called me back at 5 in the morning and wanted my adress he told me to call back if i wanted the money i recorded the conversationant the police are on their way please respond and tell me that its real.
emma

hi again
its from a jhon edwards international lotto commition phone 01134 630 259 684 he wants my home adress realy bad are they using it for my adress they just want to take any info told him i couldnt come there and i didnt have a account he has my # I WONDER HOW dangerous it is
please someone help i want it so bad to be real but im not stuped enough to give him my adress

we can be aware of something but it also can be very easy to fall into the trap of this scam.

im so glad to have read mail of others. YES i have received a letter to my address with my full name/sir name from this loot winning company. I am aware of scams and so have been trying my best to get the people of my back, i have questioned them on the phone. i have spoken to african accent men, one from the bank of spain and other from the security company pacific segurosa s.a. they are asking me for money transfer of £1,995 to release my check of 615,810 euros. i tried to be clever i have bank details from, them to transfer this money i have names and numbers as i knoe people to get money can make up companies which do not exist.

but guess what the man gave me not a company name but a personal account details. the one at the bank calls him self dr affa de louis and the other at the company is mr daniel wilson. be aware of them,

i then asked for a confirmation letter for the sum i would send so i have some back up, guess what i get via email. a certificate of my winnings, i was told i bought stuff in spain and i won which is all rubbish i never have.

i have been now searching for real life evidence of people like this and i have come accross others who have been through.

i may have been clever but i did fall for the trap i did want to see what happens so i did send a fax with my name and address to them, but now im worried hope nopthing is used.

i need help, advice that i am still safe.

Hi,
I am from Ireland and I received a letter in the post from Roberto Pablo of Euro Millones Lotteria Y Apuestas S.L informing me that I have won EU 785,510.00. The wording and address details are similar to those described in other emails / posts.
I will not be replying to this SCAM – thanks to those who posted earlier notes warning of this scam …….

I received a letter in my name dated 31/01/08 telling me of a prize E615810. The contents of the letter were very similar to those posted above with minor variations. Letter came from Mrs Maria K Gomez, vice president and the agent’s name is Oscar Garcia. The tel nos are slightly different. Needless to say I shall not be sending my bank details. If anyone has done so they should inform their bank at once and ask them to stop any withdrawals. I intend to inform my local trading standards officer.

Hey, you ok, thanks for the above comments, was really into this as about to loose my house due to losing my job, so this really appealled to me. After faxing back the letter, i recieved a call to say that asi was not a spanish citizen i would need to pay, 1800 pounds for insurance purposes, when i said i did not have that sort of money, they told me to get in touch with the security comapny who would help me out with the payment. So i spoke to the security company, who then said i would have to pay the full amount to get the cheque, sent out in the post, he even told me to check the internet, and that they was a real company! hense i checked and found you guy’s, thank you for saving me money that i really have not got, nice idea, though to get money for nothing!

My 88-year-old mum, who visited Spain back in 1959, got a similar letter yesterday from Lototurf (Lotoluck) Loterias S.L. in ”Bacelona” (they can’t even spell!) with much the same wording in it & saying she was awarded euros 680,000. The dead giveaway was the very pixellated logo (low-res, probably taken off the Internet) of Apuesta Hipica Lototurf, a legit lottery body, used as a kind of letterhead. Thanks to all you guys & girls, I know what’s up & am not going to reply. But I am going to complain to the Spanish Embassy here in Singapore. I’m also going to tell my colleagues in the media & hopefully they will do an expose & warn people of these scams. Thanks again to all!

A bunch of con people. Remember, if its too good to be true, it probably is. Wouldnt we all wish it could have been true. I had a near miss, thanks to all your similar stories.

Mucho Gracias!! What kind of this matter,i’m frm malaysia my country is democration i,m live here very well so thanks to my president he is very brilliant. So i’m proud of him and Malaysian not taken IMF so thats why i’m not belive about the S
SEGUROS S.A EURO SYNDICATE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY I’m not stupid citizen.Thank you Malaysia. 22nd feb 2008.

My sister recently received a letter very similar to the email you posted. It seemed too good to be true and I immediately reliazed it is a scam. Thank you for posting this!

They have sent me a letter today, saying i have won eu 946,000,00,simalar to above from la primitiva loteria international s.l tele 00 34 634 020 100,
from mrs rachael miguel,my agent is a mr john fidol, what a load of bull!Its about time someone brought them to justice.I can see how people are taken in by these crooks,I shall be sending this letter to the spainish police in hope they may catch them before they swindle hard earned cash from anyone else and encourage others to do the same.26/02/2008.

Hi received a letter from juan ramos gomez 25/2/08 congratulating me on winning 715,825.00 euros ( to be shared with eleven international winners). One of the other winners was my wife ,would you beleive it!!
what are the odds on that ( about 715,825.00 – 1 ) what aload of ##@@¬

my mother recieved a mail of this and she believed it but i had my doubts.
I went to check if they had a website, but found nothing.I found this which was very helpful… anyways i told my mother and she was pretty dissapointed
so i am really angry at this

Hi there

I have received a letter 29 Feb 2008 very similar to the ones stated above. Like many others it has great appeal as my situation, finanically, is not great and am in alot of debt. i live in Dublin and couldnt believe my luck when I read the letter. I knew I hadnt been to Spain recently or even bought a lotto ticket. The letter states that I hVE WON €815,510.00 and its from the DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD. It gives me a batch no and also a reference no. I rang the telephone number provided, 0034-696-714-085 and what sounded like a spanaird answered the phone and couldnt understand a word here said. The background noise was like he was in an office enviroment. Like the other letters, it asks for me to fill out the payment processing form but doesnt ask for any next of kin details. My ”agents” name is Don Luis Benito, a foregin service manager. Also the 10% that has to be paid is supposedly to ”GLOBAL HOGAR SECURITY COMPANY SA” as they bought the ticket on my behalf.

I would love for this to be true but judging by the postings above it aint.

The heading on the letter is INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISSION” ”LOTERIA PRIMITIVA” The address on the letter is ”C/VIRGEN DE LOS PELIGROS 13, C.P 28013 MADRID SPAIN”. Strangely enough the telephone number just below the address differs from the one half way down the letter, it is as follows: 0034 911-011-943, apparently is doubles as a fax number.

Why is this happening and where are the details, ie postal address’, being received from???? Its kind of frightening to think that someone out there as my address that I dont know or havent physically given to someone

Regards

A

I am from Melbourne, Australia have also received a letter stating I won $915, 000 ! Sounds exciting and I was thinking of calling them. Then again, I thought to myself, did I buy any lottery tickets or did I go to spain??? Better do some research about it first, too good to be true. Guess what, I found this webpage. I am a little concerned from where do they get my address and name!
The letter has a post mark from Spain and was sent overseas so how could they get my info ???
Agent: Mr Manuel Sanchez
Tel: 0011 34618254230
Fax: 0011 34912919660
11 Avda, de la constitucia Pradillo 28014, Madrid Spain. Tel: +34634135386

Please advise if you have contacted authorities and what was their response?

I almost fall for it! What happens to those people who actually falls for it? Sounds bad but some think don’t think right. When they see the large cash!!!!

I’ve just received an Award Notification Final Notice certificate by international mail from – Alberto Palacio but signed by Mrs isabele Enrique. Its very pixilated and printed of a cheap inkjet printer.
I too have supposedly won a ridiculous ammount of 915,790 euros – living in Sydney Australia. Their outta control and stupid! It’s obviously down here now.
Thanx for posting this.

Hi, My husband received a letter today saying that he had won a lottery for an amount of 585,510 euro’s. I was debating whether to send them my husband’s bank details.Then I decided to check on the net and I found u guys. Thanks to you’ll.But i would really like to know how they get our house addresses.

just received my letter…same content as everyone elses. Worrying isn´t that they´re still in business? I conclude that it must be paying off as a money making sketch. Does anyone fancy informing the press as I think that not everyone, particularly older people, uses the internet to check things out.
I wonder where they are obtaining the addresses from, as although I am British I live in Germany, so what list would that be?

hi!All readers kindly don’t get fooled with these kind of E-mails they are all scams and they just try to take every simgle peny out of and you won’t even be able to claim anything or file anything.. just be careful.lemme tell you how and why do they send u e-mails..
when u people search on internet what so ever money related they get your e-mail and they shoot an e-mail,simple way to make innocent people fool isn’t..
kindly don’t get scamed..best wishes

I have received a similar official looking letter to the the communications noted by the preceding correspondents. I was mildly tempted but suspicious and was glad to see my suspicions confirmed at this web-site. I will reply asking them to denote all my winnings to my favourite charities and ask them to notuify me when they have done so. I wonder if I’ll hear anything?

Hi all, I received a letter today saying I had won 785,510 euros! Hooray I thought at first! Then had a reality check, realised I’d never entered the Spanish Lottery and googled all the names and addresses on the forms! This is a well known scamm – they will bleed whoever gives them their bank details dry! Best place for the letter is on the fire! Just remember – if it seems too good to be true – it is! Especially if you’ve never entered the lottery to start with!!!

HI ALL…
hi all ,,,

I’m girl ,, i have alot of time because i dont have job i well be married in june18 to american i well be ther soon in shaa allah ,, i have been played lottery befor 2 yers ,, in 2007 i recieved aletter in my p.o.box from Spain to jordan … the first letter i go to the post after the period ,, in 18april 2008i recievsd a letter from santalucia euromilliones lotria international ,,, this is the letter form…
this is to inform you of the release of the EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES PROGRAM held 10 th january,2008
……………………………………….

you have therefore been approved for lump sum payout of 785,510.000 Euros only …….
i thought with all this money I could have a great life, buy a bigger house and give all the poor in my family something to can eat or buy gas . Somthing in my head said this cannot be true. Its to good to be true. But I wanted to believe it was true. I won 785,510.000 Euros I started dreaming all the things I could do with this money. My daughter said it is a scam. I did not want to believe her so I went on the net. There is nothing thats called Euro millones. Back to reality. its all a scam. I feel sorry for all the people who falls for this scam. And I am glad that there is people on the net that warns us about this. My letter came in the mail, so I thought it must be true. This should be stopped.
thanx alot for telling me the truth and i wake up,,

i hate this way in life this is frude ,, i live in poor place if i’m not learned or didn’t have net in my home what well happend to me ,,,

how can i stopped that in my country ”Jordan ” where i live and study up to now,,

plz Stoped that

this is the contact information to this :
MOI PASED DELA CASTILIANA 75,CP>08002 BARCELONA SPAIN TEL0034628616630 FAX0034911012311

ON THE COVER THERE IS A STAMP HAVE A SEGNUTORE ”CORREOS 29-C.T.A. MALAGA
1504.08″ and something not cleared”ROR 9 …FAX Y ”

HOPE THESE INFORMATION MAKE SOME ONE WAKE UP AND HELP YOU

hi
got the letter today. same wording. i am alleged to have won 950.000 euro. its the shared with 11 other winners version.nice if it were true. thanks for the internet i saw it is fraud. somebody should stop this sick sonof b…es ruining people because some must be falling for it.my letter nhad a 60 cent stamp on it and made spain italy in 2 days . record , maybe the postoffices is part of it. i guess they got my adress because i play sometimes on the internet lotto and i guess those dudes sold my adress. looks like negiria is everywhere now.

Hi, ich bin aus Österreich (Wien), melde mit meiner Eintrag dass ich auch ähnliche Lotterie bekommen habe. Was für ein Betrug, werde mich morgen zur Polizei gehen und es melden. Sollten einige von Euch auch ähnlich Schreiben bekommen bitte ich euch bei der Polizei zu melden.
Danke, dass es diese Homepage gibt wo wir alle kommunizieren können.

Achtung hier eine Warnung von der Spanischen Botschaft.
http://www.nachrichten.at/regional/616336

This website is very helpful; got the lottery letter today (won’t go into details, which are very similar to those described above) and binned it. Those crooks must have made a lot of money already, as I can see from the above correspondence that people do get caught and send at least some of the so called ”fees” in hope that they will get their ”win” in the end. The sad thing is that it is usually the desperate ones, who just increase their debt through ingnorance. But I know those scamming bastards will get what they deserve in the end.

I am from PAKISTAN.Ialso received a letter from milli piyango international lottery board that iwon815810 euro.i m one in seventeen persons.is it true?if not .they shold be punished due to this crime.

hi…

i received a leter from mr antonio lopez (vice predsident) 16 May 2008.
he was happy to inform me that i had won the lottery at the 3th category. i had therefor been approved a lump sum of 780,829.00 euros ( 613,724,5.00 NO ), to be shared with eleven international winners.

help me. i do not know what to do.

Hi. Now they are coming to Finland also. I think that people need to know what kind of people these are. Btw. My letters vice president is ROSA MARIA MIGEL. Phone number: 00 34 670 736 621 Fax no: 00 34 912 919 551. And I was supposed to win 1,115,950.00€. Haha 😀

I have just recieved a letter postmarked Madrid.. opened it, and lo and behold ” i’m a winner” NOT … mine came from loteria primitiva and my ”WINNING” ammount was 715,810,00 euros… i’m to contact a Dr John Newton at Atlantico Insurance Securities.Madrid on 0034 618 167 740 or fax 0034 911 311 708 to begin my claim…. Obviously a scam to get vulnerable peoples personal and bank details.. these unscrupulous A***holes should be caught and publicly Whipped to within an inch of their misserable lives…ALWAYS REMEMBER, THERES NO SUCH THING AS A ”FREE LUNCH”

My letter is from Juan Ramos Antonio. Received it in the post today, in Ireland. So I google-ed ”ministerio de economia y hacienda” and this site was one of the results. I want to thank all you people who have left comments. I was very suspicious at first, but now I’m sure this has to be a scam. I wish we could do more to catch these low-lifes who are robbing and intruding on innocent people. Does anyone have advice…?

Oh my god!
I received a letter yesterday from EURO MILLONES LOTTERIA Y APUESTAS S.L. award co-organised by the World Tourism Organization and the Spanish Ministerio De Hacienda on the 23rd of May 2008 saying that I had won 615,810 euros.
I LIVE IN ICELAND! I have never been to Spain and I was very suspicious so I phoned the number and talked to the agent Don Manuel Gomez, the Foreign Operations Manager of Winther Seguros S.L.

He said congratulations and asked for all my bank details, I offered to fax him the details that were required and said thank you.

He phoned me today before I had faxed him the letter, and asked me to send 1990 euros so he would be able to send me the winnings.

I said ‘I’m sorry, I have no money, but you may deduct the fee from the winnings’
Gomez: Hmmmm, if you have a credit card, then you can deduct it from that…
Me: I have no credit card.
Gomez: No, no, It costs money to transfer the money, but you can fax your signature saying that you want a loan for 1990 euros from the committee until you have received your winnings.
Me: It does not cost money to transfer money, I have used the internet before.
Gomez: This amount requires it.
Me: How did I win this money, I hardly believe it!
Gomez: I will check, I will call you back.

He calls back:
Gomez: Yes, you have been in a hospital in Iceland.
Me: I work in one.
Gomez: Yes, it comes from when you were treated there. Not because you work there.
Me: I thought that information was confidential!
Gomez: I can find out everything about you through the internet, if you have children… I can call you next week with this information if you don’t believe me…
Me: No thank you. I will fax you the letter you sent with the information required, I expect you to send me a receipt for the fax straight away. I will not give you money to send me my winnings because there is no need for it if it’s not a scam.

Then I decided to have a look on the net…
Thank God for that!
I will talk to the police in Iceland and phone this Gomez person and find out more.

I my name is tina, I also got this email twice during this week (beginning Jul 08), what annoying was they sent them through my office email address (how can they know it). Since beginning I didn’t want to believe this and I’m glad that I found this share so I knew that this is kind of a fraud.

Hi there. Well it looks as though I am a most recent ”WINNER”/VICTIM of the euromillones scam! I too received a rather convincing letter from Euromillones lottery primitiva s.a. dated 30th June 2008. A private letter, proper stamp and posted from Malaga, Spain.
The all too familiar statement, informing me that I had won 615,810.00 euros from a total cash prize of over 12 million euros.
I have to admit it did make my heart race, thinking quietly to myself that people DO win the lottery, and I do enter the euro lottery, and what’s more, they were not asking for any money!
I phoned the telephone number 0034-691-604-136 and spoke to a DR VICTOR PEREZ, who went through the motion of convincing me that this was VERY genuine, and after some rather probing questioning on my part, told me that he worked for Spanish government in the Ministerio De Hacienda! I was a very lucky lady, and God wanted me to have this good fortune, and that I would be offered out to Madrid to his office as a guest!! Very nice I’m sure!
I have since received a certificate of authorisation and approval from the lottery….. so far so good…. and I am awaiting my telephone call from the Spanish bank at any time now!
Thank Heavens I came across your web-site as I have recently had a substantial sum of money transferred from Spain,(from the sale of a house) and they charged me over a thousand euros for some unknown reason just for transferring it to my bank (I’m still fighting that one!) So I could have believed it was feasible to send them money.
As sad as I am, that I am obviously not a lottery winner, I am most grateful that I have not become yet another victim to this SICK, scandalous SCAM!!
Thanks again.

Just recieved a lottery ‘win’ letter today 11th July 2008 from ”INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD S.L” stating I had won 615,810,.00 euros 3rd category…found this post on your site dated Nov 20007…
A Noakes Says:
November 7th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I have just received notification from International Lottery Board S.L. (Euromillions) INT’L PROMOTIONLS PROGRAMME GOLDEN CHANCE
Avd..Juan Real25 C.P 28002
Madrid Spain
TEL: 0034-639-730-258
FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRICE AWARD
We are pleased to inform you today the 5th day of Nov. 2007 of the results of THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD PROMOTIONS
Ive won 615,810.00 Euro’s on the 3rd category

exact same amount and details…
WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! These scams have all got one thing in common and that is to extract information about YOU first of all if YOU reply YOU are confirming that you are that person and that YOU live at that address…THEY WILL THEN SELL THAT INFORMAION TO ADVERTISER ECT..YOU WILL THEN BE BOMBARDED BY JUNK MAIL…next if YOU give your occupation they will target you on this…if you give your telephone number house and/or mobile YOU will be open for PREMIUM RATE telephone scams and MOBILE PHONE NUMBER CLONING i.e YOUR mobile number could be used ILLEGALLY for crime or terrorism…giving your FAX number signifies that YOU have a business or organisation or work in them THEY will be targetted for scams also…to give out YOUR bank details is financial suicide YOU might as well burn YOUR hard earned money…to give out YOU passport details in conjunction with any or a number of the above will lead to YOU losing YOUR real identity THEY will live as YOU spend money on credit cards in YOUR name set up false bank accounts in YOUR name RUN UP HUGE DEBTS in YOUR name and the result will be that YOU will not be able to get credit loans morgages or anything ELSE in YOUR OWN NAME BECAUSE NO ONE will touch YOU with a barge poll where money or decision making is concerned because YOU WERE CONNED…now BURN it dont YEARN it and LEARN it!!!
SETANTA…Ireland…Slainte.

I read in a lot of posts on your site from people asking who can they contact or report their scam too, what can they do to stop these scammers and how can they help…well I found a very useful site that could answer their questions and help in the fight…go here:
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php

They claim to forward the information to local police, FBI, authorities and use the information to help push through legislation to enact laws to try and combat this criminal activity and abuse…hope this is of use…Respect to you and yours…
Setanta…Ireland…Slainte.

The last paragragh in my above statement is INCORRECT the CFR DOES NOT forward information to local police, FBI,authorities or use the information to help push through legislation to enact laws…the mistake is mine…Sorry people.
Their real aim is…(qoute ”Consumer Fraud Reporting is an free online service to warn consumers about specific types of financial and other scams via the internet and provide a means to report scams and fraud.

In addition to thousands of actual examples of scam letters, emails, faxes and transcripts of phone conversations to help you identify a scam, we have many pages of concise lists of contact information, links, phone numbers and guidance to help you report the scam to the proper authorities, and to try to recover your loss.

To keep up to date on the types of scams in global circulation we stay in regular contact with overseas consumer agencies.

Consumer Fraud Reporting is fully independent and objective; it is not a government agency or affiliated with any government; we act as an information exchange to help raise public awareness about scams and to help to bring them to the attention of the proper enforcement authorities. Unfortunately, we do not have enforcement powers over local or overseas scams; but we aim to help you to find the proper enforcement agency! We also try to present the facts in a simple, clear, and hopefully, interesting manner!”. (end quote.)

They try to empower you including myself to combat scammers by offering very useful contact addresses and advice…again sorry for the confusion…Respect to you and yours.
Setanta…Ireland…Slainte

Seems like they’ve started again. I’ve just received an email awarding me 815,960 euros. Thanks everyone for writing in about this scam. Thought I’d better check it out first.

Hi from Madrid. The scam continues. Two points: all Spanish phone numbers beginning (0034) 6xx xxx xxx are mobiles. No self-respecting company would use these (especially not a state-run company such as the Lottery). And, of course, as Springer (89) says- if it seems too good to be true, it is!

Hi, The latest (?) Spanish scam is called Casino Solera, the Agent is Iberia Promotion, signed Antonio Gomez. The letter arrived at my address in Ireland – are anyone else in the world concerned? Be careful giving out bank details and identity details!!!

hi i just got a letter from international lottery sweepstakes espana s.a looking for me too fax them my details i even called them to make sure it was not a joke so i faxed them my details but i did not fax them my bank account details if it is a scam how can i stop them from using my name and address details and my email address. should i be worried.

got the letter in the mail today, got excited and called the number. as i was speaking to the man i could hear a dog barking (sounded like it was in the room with him), and immediately got suspecious. i got off the phone and found this site. should have got it when the form asked for my passport number but the thought of winning 900,000 euro was too good to pass up. ah well, you live and learn.

My partner received aletter today we live in London and have been to spain many times. Thought that i would check it out on net so glad i did vice president now goes under the name of Antonio Martinez and agent Don Davis Lopez. BEWARE!

I got a similar letter yesterday. It lists the name of a guy DAN ALVES, Foreign Services Manager of ZURICH SECURITY CO S.L; TEL: 011-34-671741240, FAX: 011-34-911015469. It’s through Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda.

How can we report such scams to law enforcement?

Hi there i have the same letter by post.sayin that i won 1000 000 euro those guys are fake they all have mobile numbers which agent of a lottery will put their mobile fake of course..And they have the same voices so i think you speak to 2 different persons but its only 1.i gave my bank details but im going to the bank 2mrrw to cancel everything and afterwards to the police station…those idiots needs to be dead that is awful to play with people on this way.

Hi all,

Yes, I too received a letter in the mail saying that I had won 615,810 euro, but being the sceptic that I am I didn’t believe it. Here is a list of things that threw me off straight away which others should look for that will confirm that it’s all crap:

*First of all it was address to my surname
*If you look carefully enough 2 different fonts are used in the body of the letter
*The email addresses provided were gmail and yahoo email addresses (not official organisation ones)
*It didn’t have an official letter head (it looked as though it was a copied or scanned image because it looks very pixelated)
*There was no return address on the envelope (and surely a lottery organisation can afford their own official envelopes)
*They didn’t even ask for a copy of the lotto numbers for proof etc…
*And lastly, I didn’t enter any lotto program

So to anyone that does get an email or letter, I know these people are stink for doing this and getting peoples hopes up, but DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION AND DELETE IT OR THROW IT AWAY!!!!!

Good luck to all!!

A new breed of Nigerian scammers I fear lol

hi…

i received a leter from mr Mr. Alberto Charles
(Director Manager,MUNDIAL FINANCE SEGUROS, S.A )13 Oct 2008.
he was happy to inform me that i had won the lottery at the 2nd category. i had therefor been approved a lump sum of 615,960.00 euros. But i m really confused because i never hear that type of lottery scheme before so please kindly help me.And send me an email for the clarification that the mail i received is true or false.
help me. i do not know what to do.

Same here, the name of the guy this time is Cayetano Rousa tel. 0034 634761415. The company is Compania de Seguros Santalucia s.a. in Madrid, I called the company taking their number from their official internet site and they told me it’s scam.

I too received a similar letter asking me for my bank details. This is an attempt by a fraudster and I am sad that the Police allow these scams to continue thus putting the unsuspecting people into enormous problems. Why cant the police in Spain break into the premises where these fraudsters live and arrest them.

GOT A LETTER TODAY, EUROMILLIONES. Plaza Juan carlos 41, 28050 Madrid Spain
tel. 0034-638385912
1 million euro I´d won, it said, at the international lottery sweepstake Espana S.A. at the 29 th of august (it really took place then) We ask you too keep away this award(?) from public notice….
fraud? Should one go to the police or so, it doesn´t help that much, I suppose…

If you have not played a lottery then you have not won.

No legitimate Lottery would ask you for personal details or to send them money.

If they really require a fee for releasing the money (although this is highly unlikely) then the fee would be taken from the winnings itself. Not from your account.

They prey on good peoples trust and once they know they are getting under your skin they do not stop.

Trash it

Spam it

Report it

and ignore it

My wife received a letter nfrom The Spanish Euromillions Loteria International S L today – letter dt 16 th October 2008. that she won an award of Euros 815950 and a form has been enclosed which she has to send after filling a lot of personal and bank details . It is to be claimed before 12 th November 08.

I dissuaded her for not falling for this scam . I feel it is asking us to give all details . They may even send some money and may be immediately some Terrorist organization would phone us and demand the money failing which face dire consequences.

Is it a scam or some arrangement to aid international terrorists ? Spanish Government should look into this critically and arrest the people if they are in Spain

I request Mr Nikke Lindquist to comment on my reply No 120 already published on this site .

Thanks,

@M MGadre:

It’s just a scam – nothing worse than that – but a scam can be bad enough. You wouldn’t see any money. Just a lot of small fees, taxes and sometimes even bribes that have to be paid. In the end you will just stop paying.

HI there,
My wife recieved same letter few days ago from Casino Solera.
We thought we are rich wohuuuu.
But thanks you all we are back in reality and its a time to go back to work.

Hi, my friend Samali, told me that she had won the lottery and initially i was very happy for her. She went on to tell me that it was in euros. I then became suspicious for her and told her to bring all the paperwork round to my house later that evening. Even looking at the paperwork i still was confused and thought it may be genuine. They too were asking for 2,500 euro for non resident tax. However, thankfully my husband is very au fait with the internet and knew what to type in to see if it was for real or a scam. Sadly, for my friend it was a scam, but i am grateful she did not part with any money. BE WARNED don’t give any bank details, or phone details

Hi
Yep… l too received the promise of a small fortune from ‘The Spanish Lottery’ through my letterbox recently. I am in no doubt, this is a genuine communication and am about to send copious amounts of cash as instructed to the nice Dr Jon Carlos.

Before l complete the transaction however, l must first make contact with my Psychiatrist, just to check that l have not completely lost my mind!!

I to have won 915,910.00 euros, better in euros than sterling these days.

I have treid calling the lovley Carmen but no reply may be some day when I am in the lovely city of Madrid, I will call on this Carmen and ask for my winnings, wonder if she will be in.

Rather than whining about it on a website, i have just sent an email to the Ministery mentioned in the letter (i just received my second one) asking them if something can be done about it. I don’t expect much of it, but will update here if i get a reply.

Ok, just because you 134 people are upset at not actually winning (spelt ‘wining’ in my letter) anything, I have!. and i’ve got the letter to prove it. Ha! all I’ve got to do is send my bank details and ‘hey presto’ I’ve got a tidy sum to play with.
Realy enjoyed telling my boss to stuff his job as he was a poor w*****r in comparison just before heading off to the mercedes showroom and then on to the best resteraunt my bank manager cant afford, as i took great pleasure in letting him know.
Mr Smith, I would just like to say I’m available for overtime if you can find it in your heart to forgive me.
Mr Jones, I really will pay my overdraft off (as soon as I get employment)
P.s. anybody want to buy a Mercedes 500 sl? arrives monday.
R these people for real?????

HIIIIIIIIII EVERY BODY

I AM ALSO ONE OF THE VICTIM OF THOSE FRAUDS ,,,,,,,

BUT IAM FED UP WITH THESE BASTUARDS , SINCE I GET EMAILS THAT I WON IN MILLONS , BILLIONS FROM HOTMAILS, YAHOO , MICROSOFT , UK LOTTERY , SPANISH LOTTERY , US LOTTERY , LOTTERY , LOTTERY , LOTTERY , LOTERRY …………

ONLY FRAUD , FRAUD , FRAUD , FUCKING , BULL SHITS , ASS HOLESS

JUST HAVE A LOOK ,

* FIRST THEY SENDS MAIL THAT U WON SO AND SO AMOUNT

* NOW THEY ARE SENDING LETTERS THAT YOU HAVE WON SO AND SO AMOUNT

* NEXT THEY WILL CALL AND SAY U HAVE WONNNNNNNNNNN

* NEXT THEY WILL COME AND SAY U HAVE WONNNNNNNNNNNNNN

THOSE BULLSHITS HAVE TO BE MADE TO RUN ON THE ROADS , NUDELY BY BARKING DOGS …….

People, this kind of scams exists from the start of times, its just that internet gives people doing it a strong layer of anonimicy, and is quite cheep for them to to send millions of emails.

The way to fight this is to educate people about how to recognize fake emails, do real checkups (phone calls, info request trough official websites of organizations) when email looks legitimate, and just use better spam filters.

Hope this helps someone just start not paying atention wo these, if they get to a level where they have to send an email to 50MM people, and 1 responds, then, they will just drop it and get a real job.

Later!
Recetas

The funny thing is that not only do they send ”photocopies” of dodgy-looking headed paper but they also have a typo in the very title of the letter. ”Lotería”, señores, not ”Lotteria”. Another interesting detail… they keep changing the address for each an every victim they target.

Ah, well, the mink and the yellow diamonds will have to wait, I’m afraid. Good for the chap that wrote to the Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda. We’d be interested to know if

Hi from the US. Just received a letter today, same as all the others reported here. We’re reporting it to the State’s Attorney’s Office and the local FBI office.

GOT THE LETTER MYSELF TODAY, JUST ASWELL AS I HAD RAN OUT OF TOILET ROLL !!!!!
THESE PRICKS SHOULD BE CASTRATED.
WELL I AM OFF TO ENJOY POVERTY. LOL

Thank you for this website which enabled me to compare the letter addressed to my wife on the envelope but no name within, dated 29th Jan 2009, with all the others.
”Her” letter was signed DON ANTONIO PEDRO, Vice President International Lottery Board S.L. The questionaire was headed ALLIED WELLS SECURITY COMPANY S.L at Av. De San Morales, no. 25, Blk 7D, C.P. 28006 Madrid Spain. Tel 0034 689 264 739 Fax 0034 911 014 328.

This letter was very similar to all the others quoted so they are still at it and should be arrrested. The winning sum this time was/is 1.015.000 euros, so it’s going up!

Please someone get the Spanish Police onto the job. The main clues were mobile phone numbers, pixilated print, no name in the address, grammatical mistakes in the English, inconsistant varying font and a generally phoney feel. This is similar in style to the Nigerian scams which raged on. A wealthy acquaintance was taken in by one of those and near beggared, BEWARE and do not be gullible.

Do NOT bother to open a new account to receive this. Do NOT release any personal information. Do NOT even reply, it will cost an international call, you will be badgered to send a fee and so on. If you didn’t enter this ”lottery” in the first place you can’t have won. As has been said ”there’s no such thing as a free lunch”. The guys at the other end are unpleasant, clever, tenacious and criminal. Beyond handing such a letter over to your national police’s Fraud Squad or whatever do NOTHING.

I GOT A LETTER DATED 30/01/09 SAYING I HAD WON e915,810.00 ON TICKET NUMBER 016-01461571-146 SERIAL NUMBER 0910-06 TO CALL AGENT DON DAVIS LOPEZ FOREIGN SERVICES MANAGER OF HILTOP SECURITY AND FINANCE S.A. TEL 0034 652 761 751 AFTER CONFIRMATION OF SOME OTHER DETAILS REF AND BATCH NUMBERS I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO SEND £655 TO RELEASE MY CHECK AS REQUIRED UNDER SPANISH LAW WHERE THE SUM IS GREATER THAN e1000 TO BE SENT BY POST OFFICE MONEYGRAM TO A ROSE GRAM C/A15 28031 MADRID. HAVEN CHECKED THIS SITE I HAVE NOT SENT ANY CASH, AND INTEND LETTING POLICE FRAUD SQUAD HAVE THESE DETAILS

Just a quickie on this subject today I receieved a letter as above same figure, I phoned Dr Garcia and told him I would be in Madrid on Thursday and could we conclude the tranasaction there and then.
He told me he could and the wire transfer could happen on the spot, I also told him I would bring 3 freinds he was not at all bothered but would not give me an address, only phone on arrival and then he would say where to meet.
if I was sure he would turn up I would willingly fly to Madrid and put him to the test but there again he might like hospital food

I wonder what’s the percentage of people that actually call these guys and what percentage actually gets scammed.

Just for the record: i was the one who sent an email to the Spanish ministery that’s mentioned. Surprise surprise, they didn’t bother replying.

My mother had received a similar scam recently (July 2009). This guys don’t stop, this time from Helena Fernando, Loteria Coordinator and Antonio Gomez Euro Millones Loteria Fundiciary Agent. Antonio’s email address is in France, Helena says is in Spain and the email is sent from an address in Germany.

i resently received a letter saying that i won the eurosmilliones, through the int;l promotional programme. but its a scamm to. it said everything the examples said it would say with sum words different. why do the these people play with emotoins of others? do they not no what they do to peoples dreams an hope. I pray that my life would change one day an thought it had, but it was a scamm. Man they dont know what the good lords gonna do to them you wait it want be good.but what i am going to do is use their numbers to play the lottery maby it was a sign from god to have those numbers. sincerely yours me

Habe am 16.01.2010 eine Gewinnbenachrichtigung bekommen.
Von EURO MILLONES LOTTERIA Y APUESTAS S.L..
Ich habe 785.900.-Euro gewonnen.
Die Los Nr. habe ich, auch die Glücksnummern, sind richtig, sowie die Seriennummer.
Ausgestellt am 13.01.2010 die Copie und geschickt an mich.
Ist da alles richtig.

Bitte um Antwort.

Danke für Ihre Bemühungen in voraus
Mit freundlichen Gruß
Waldemar Reil.

Hallo Waldemar,

ich habe heute auch so einen Brif bekommen. Möchtest du dich mit mir in Verbindung setzen?

Waschbaer1977@gmx.de

O. Schneck

Hello,all you winners,

After winning billions without a single ticket bought via e-mail,I have received my first actual letter,winning 915.777euros from some spanish Loteria Nacional,with address in Portugal.
You’d think that if they have that kind of money,they could afford a decent copy machine,and a course in spelling and grammar.

What I actually wonder,is if anybody is still fooled by this.I mean,even the donation request from the local church choir looks more professional.
Working as a decorator in film,I would at least have some respect,if they took some care in their fraud work.

I’m thinking of giving them an example of proper work by making up a warrant by some imaginary international anti-fraud police force,and sending it to their address.

Let’s have fun.

Paul