I received the letter, that so many others seem to have also gotten, in todays mail. I was initially surprised at the Spanish Stamp and postmark for 0.78 Euros, this was really the only indication that this thing was real—it was sent through first class mail with a hand applied stamp.
Upon opening the letter, and reading that I had been the "lucky winner" and my numbers "... Won the lottery in the 2nd category." I was IMMEDIATELY skeptical at the letter indicating that I won 741,408 Euros in a lottery that I knew I never entered. After seeing the "lottery payment processing form" asking for all this personal and bank information, I really started laughing.
Having gotten over the laughing, I was totally astonished at the audacity of this person or persons to think that others would actually fall for such an obvious scam. More out of curiosity than anything else, I looked it up on a Yahoo search and found this website. It looks like this thing is really international, and it's evolving.
Here's the info on the letter as of today (28 Feb 05):
Letter dated 21-02-05 (21 Feb 05)
"Claims Agent": DR ROBERT NEWMAN
Claim must be filed by 21 MAR 05
REF NO: EMO/255126003/04
BATCH NO: 01/1362/AIY
Ticket Number: 193-0798750-062
Made out to my name, and mailed to my address.
Look Guys, this person or persons spent 0.78 Euros to mail this, plus the envolope and color copying costs—just to me. With this kind of overhead, and the widespread, international nature of it, THEY'RE GETTING MONEY FROM A LOT OF FOLKS. The fact that you're here, reading this, indicates that they didn't get you.
Congratulations.
Say a prayer for all those innocent people they DID get.
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