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Loteria Navidad
rockytract
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Hi
not sure if i am posting this in the correct section.
my mom recieved a letter all the way from spain this morning related to the Loteria Navidad and that she had a winning number, with a claims application form which asks for her personal details and her bank details and next of kin details in order to claim her winnings. i have never seen anything like this before. i mean we are use to bogus emails saying how much you've won etc but nothing of this sort.
it indicates that Loteria Navidad was held in Madrid Spain on 19th Dec 2008.
to begin the lottery process and claims to contact
Don Alfredo Sanchez, the foreign operations manager of euro security and financial SA.
this is a very pecular piece of mail, of a kind never received before and my mom has never purchased such a lottery ticket or asked anyone or any agent to do so on her behalf.
is it genuine? should it be pursued
thank you
not sure if i am posting this in the correct section.
my mom recieved a letter all the way from spain this morning related to the Loteria Navidad and that she had a winning number, with a claims application form which asks for her personal details and her bank details and next of kin details in order to claim her winnings. i have never seen anything like this before. i mean we are use to bogus emails saying how much you've won etc but nothing of this sort.
it indicates that Loteria Navidad was held in Madrid Spain on 19th Dec 2008.
to begin the lottery process and claims to contact
Don Alfredo Sanchez, the foreign operations manager of euro security and financial SA.
this is a very pecular piece of mail, of a kind never received before and my mom has never purchased such a lottery ticket or asked anyone or any agent to do so on her behalf.
is it genuine? should it be pursued
thank you
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rockytract wrote: »Hi
not sure if i am posting this in the correct section.
my mom recieved a letter all the way from spain this morning related to the Loteria Navidad and that she had a winning number, with a claims application form which asks for her personal details and her bank details and next of kin details in order to claim her winnings. i have never seen anything like this before. i mean we are use to bogus emails saying how much you've won etc but nothing of this sort.
it indicates that Loteria Navidad was held in Madrid Spain on 19th Dec 2008.
to begin the lottery process and claims to contact
Don Alfredo Sanchez, the foreign operations manager of euro security and financial SA.
this is a very pecular piece of mail, of a kind never received before and my mom has never purchased such a lottery ticket or asked anyone or any agent to do so on her behalf.
is it genuine? should it be pursued
thank you
If she bought a ticket go to the Loteria Navidad site and check the ticket number if its a winner come back with her name and address so I can send a begging letter
If she didn't buy a ticket what do you think ? :rolleyes:"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)0 -
Bung the letter in the bin where it belongs!0
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its a scam, chuck it out!That mrs macchicken to you!0
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rockytract wrote: »Hi
and my mom has never purchased such a lottery ticket or asked anyone or any agent to do so on her behalf.
If you're not in,you can't win!!!!0 -
It's a huge scam that some folk are daft enough to fall for, including people who've never been to Spain before.......
Please get your mother to throw away the letter and not to reply.0 -
Sorry that is a Classic 419 Scam
The above is clickable so please feel free to peruse the links and you'll see what it's all about.
PsiNear a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground.
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around....0 -
thanks guys.
i assumed it would be a scam which brings me to my next question - how on earth have these people (whoever they may be) got hold of my my mom's complete name (no mis-spelling) and complete address and at that somebody overseas
my mom has never been to spain
this is very strange0 -
Optimist - the ticket which mom didnt buy is supposedly a winner0
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rockytract wrote: »thanks guys.
i assumed it would be a scam which brings me to my next question - how on earth have these people (whoever they may be) got hold of my my mom's complete name (no mis-spelling) and complete address and at that somebody overseas
my mom has never been to spain
this is very strange
The electoral register, the phone book..."You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0 -
rockytract wrote: »Optimist - the ticket which mom didnt buy is supposedly a winner
Yes that was my point if she didn't buy a ticket why would you assume she had won?"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)0
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