Spanish Lottery Win - Fake Correspondence

TwittersPVFC

Today I receieved correspondence from a fake Spanish lottery telling me I'd won, and giving me a form to fill in with all the usual details (name, address, bank details, driving licence etc) to claim my prize. The usual spam that you get that normally gets deleted.

However, I couldn't delete this one, because I received it through the post. This has concerned me because it had my address on the front and was addressed to me (initial and surname). The letter itself didn't have any of my details on, but the letter had a Spanish postmark and stamp.

So what I want to know is, how the hell has a Spanish scammer/criminal got my address? If they have that, what else do they have? I've saved the letter and the stamp/postmark from the letter (I'd accidentally ripped it up when I thought to save it) but I'm obviously concerned I've received this.

Is there anyone I can contact or anything I can do, or should I just bin it and ignore it?

hcb42

i would bin it and ignore it personally.

Dave_C_2

TwittersPVFC wrote: »

So what I want to know is, how the hell has a Spanish scammer/criminal got my address?

From the phone book or the electoral roll. This information is widely available on-line. For example look here.

Is there anyone I can contact or anything I can do, or should I just bin it and ignore it?

Nothing at all you can do about it. I bet you don't worry at all about the other junk mail correctly addressed to you at your home address!

You have identified that it's a con, just bin and forget.

Dave