Received notification that I had won 667,248.26 euros in the lottery which required no ticket purchase.
I had to then confirm my name and send photocopy of ID, which I did then advised to telephone a Mr Phillip Weeks, who was a Spaniard with very poor English. He told me that I was one of 3 winners, worldwide, the others being in Venezuela and Australia.
I should have been alerted initially by the very poor standard of English contained in their correspondence.
I was then asked to wait until the Ministry of Justice in Madrid approved the payment and when that was confirmed they would contact me.
Less than 24 hours later the confirmation came from them saying all was well and would I remit 995 euros for adminstration.
It was only when I decided to search the web to see if this was a bona fide company that I discovered it was a scam. There were copies of the same letter with the same lottery winning numbers which had been sent to other victims.
I have sent them an email to the effect that I have cancelled my current ID card, as I live in Cyprus and it has just been issued to me. I have not cancelled the card as such because the system here is so archaic, it would present many problems.
Esmerelda
Norton
United Kingdom
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