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OMG, I Won the Euromillones Spanish Lottery! (SCAM)
Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 6:53 pm by
I’ve Hit the Jackpot
I’m announcing my retirement – it’s only $715,950 but I think I can stretch that and bum around for a decade. Okay, I’m kidding. The other day I got a piece of mail (direct mail, NOT email) that came from Spain (I’m not sure, but definitely somewhere in Europe). There’s no return address and I thought… that’s weird, I don’t know anyone in Europe.
Forged Letter With Fake Graphics
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I open it up and there’s this watermarked letter complete with crappy header logos and an even crappier graphic in the bottom right that’s supposed to be some kind of authentic security seal. These graphics are blurry and just scream fake and unprofessional. So this letter goes on to describe how my name was submitted to an international lottery in Spain through a cross-promotion with some American company and that I won $715,950. They claim that it’s now placed at a security company and I have to call them so they can transfer it to my bank. I’m guessing the first thing they’ll ask for is some money to deposit or some type of transaction fee.
This letter has so many things on it that should set off warning alarms for people but I’m sure people fall for this, just like those Nigerian email scams. I didn’t think they did this with direct mail though. I’m surprised because this cost them “50p” from what I see on the stamp, while sending emails is basically free. If these fraudsters are willing to spend money, it means their endeavors are profitable and people are indeed getting scammed.
Obviously when I get a foreign letter telling me I won a lottery I didn’t participate in, my first reaction is skepticism. I thought “okay, whatever” and the first thing I did was hop on Google and search for “euromillones” and quickly confirmed this is a scam. Apparently they used to do this with email as well (or maybe they still are).
Here’s another page about these fraudulent scams on the official Euromillones website: Scam Letters & Emails
Watch Out For Scams Like This
I’ve added (SCAM) to the post title just to make it really clear. This post was originally meant to be sarcastic but people who’ve received the same letter are finding this post online when looking for info. So just to confirm, the Euromillones letter is a SCAM.
Bottom line is if you actually won the lottery they would not just mail you a plain letter like this to notify you. It would most likely be a phone call or at least a certified letter requiring signature. And they would never ask you for personal financial information or any kind of up front deposit to claim your winnings. Plus, how many lotteries have you played where you had to give out personal information like your home address?
As good as it might sound, if it’s too good to be true, it probably is – money doesn’t just drop out of the sky onto your lap like this.
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That is so funny! I have almost the same letter as you have. I recieved mine in the mail also. It said that I had apparently won $550,000, even though I have never played any kind of lottery. The letter said that “My Agent” entered me in the lottery. These people make me sick!! About a month ago I recieved another scam letter but it was done through e-mail. I wish these people would get a life and a real job.
Unfortunately because there are people who fall for this, the scammers will keep at it. So my post is really to help spread awareness about these scams.
The more you know *
This public service announcement has been brought to you by NBC. Just kidding, please don’t sue me, NBC.
i have got the same letter which is shown and it said that i have won 750,000 euros.
i have also never played this lottery and they said that they need 850 pounds to transfer this to my acccount i said you can take that money off my winning money but they said that they wil not take it of that because that is insured on my name and has to be paid in full.
i knew this was a scam and i searched on the google and find many websites about this scam.
my letter was also from madrid but i will phone the embassy tomorrow in london and tell them and please every do the same thanks.
Just to let you know scam still doing the rounds
at 985,000 euros might just be enouth for me to retire on.
well i got an e-mail sayin i won 785,510 euros thats lyk 500,000 half a million. When we rang up they said that we had to fax our details. Then they asked for a sum of 1,000 gor tax. When we said that they should take it out of our sum of money they said they could not do this because the money was registered in our name and was ours and they had to pay the full sum of money. I was devestated when i found their fax and telephone number on this site : http://www.joewein.net/419/419-phone-es.htm#phone-es
It said underneath that they were a lottery scam.
What i want to ask is why these scams are not stoped by the the Euromillions embassy?
Why isn’t anything happening about these scams. These people are the same as criminals because they are staeling peopels well earned money . I class this as fraud and theft .
The crimes in this world are growing and growing to an extreeme extent. Someone should hear our voices and our thoughts.Someone has to do something about this or else it will get worse and worse making people banckrupt.
Anon
Looks like you’re not the one, I too am a winner. Only
Wow I received the same letter too yesterday- from Madrid Spain. Yeah the letter was catchy but luckily I searched more about it in the internet. “Shared among the twelve international winners”.. yeah right! Then how come so many people received this stupid letter? LOL.
I really really hope these people will be punished for what they are doing. Thank God we realized what they are up to.
Hi, guys I also have the almost exact letter, and I did call Spain spoke to the director and then to the supposed bank and decided to check the internet when they asked me for $1,960. for air fare so that they could come and hand deliver my $800,000 and some to me in person(thank god for the internet.) so I called the the american lottery commission and they told me that it was a scam and not to send them a penny. Would you be lieve they are still calling me and asking me what happeded don’t I want my money? I am atemped to call them back and tell them off but what would I gain? What I need is a number to call to report nthem and stop them from doing this to honest working people, with a dream.
And theyb have the nerve to quote the bibile to me on the answing machine, since on our machine our message says ” remember John 3:16.
P.S. Glad we didn’t fall who knows how much we could have been in debt by the time they were done with us.
These people will do anything to get your money. They tried to relate to you based on your answering machine message. It’s pretty despicable. Very wise of you to check it out before sending them any money. I’m glad you didn’t get scammed.
If you have the number they’re calling from I’d say just send that info to the FBI or the appropriate agency. I suppose the American Lottery Commission might know the appropriate law enforcement department that handles this.
I received the same letter today. Like Shaza in an earlier posting I’m one of 12 winners blablabla. This letter set so many alarm bells running, and in 2 minutes looking on the internet I’m pretty confident now that it is a scam
. Ah well, thinking for 5 minutes I could take a couple of years out from working was nice 
I, too received such a letter on 7/21/07. It was addressed to may Dad who has been deceased for 5 Years. He was an ardent lottery player. I called the local FBI office to report the matter. They told me it was a scam and did not want to tell me much about it. I asked if they wanted to take a report on it and their reply was negative. I contacted local Police and they were very helpful explaining that most of these scams come out of Europe, specifically Spain, France and Italy.
i received this so called winning letter this morning so the first thing i did was check it up on the internet. all i can find is how much of a scam it is. i thought it was when i opened it because it’s just full off crap basically and on the back there is a form to fill in asking for all your bank details. sort codes, account numbers etc. if anyone receives this letter please do not do it. !!!
lauren x
I nearly believed that my luck must be turning, with a winning of 785thousand,and 790 pounds, just done a quick internet search and it seems it is a SCAM, I would like to thank ALL those who put the time and efforts to warn others
I thought with all this money I could have a great life, pay off my loans, buy a bigger house. 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 575,982.30 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.
I fell for thios bloody scam, although i diddnt send any money. I did start to believe it was true. I feel very sad and let down
Hey guys,
I received a similar letter, too, but mine was even a photocopied paper, not even from a colour printer.. LOL
Why on hearth would the Ministerio De Hacienda contact a winner anyway? Surely they’d just wait for the claim expiry date and keep the money to themselves.
I just cannot believe that in this modern world anyone could ever fall for this.
Chriss
Well the Euromillions Scam lives on I guess. Today I received my photocopied so called winning letter in the mail. Spelling mistakes were perhaps one of the first clues that there is something very wrong here. Then checked on the Euromillones website, and yes of course it’s a scam. Just want to join all the people who are making everyone else aware that this is a big Scam, so just ignore the letter………Paul
Hi victims,
Yes I’ve won 985,950.00 euros on the euromillones!!!!! I was a bit apprehesive cos I never win anything. On the other hand it could be true as my daughter had been out working in Spain during the whole of August and I thought that she might have bought me a ticket as the lottery took part on the 16th of August – too much of a coincidence I thought as the postmark was Malaga where she was. I did phone Spain just to check and was told to fax the enclosed form, but they did not ask me for money. Thank goodness I did not reveal any of my presonal details!
I sought advice from the Trading Standards and was informed by them that people receive this kind of letter every day and the best place for it was the bin.
I then checked the website and felt a real fool for thinking for one minute that I just might be lucky for once in my life! The b******** s wasted and upset my day.
I received mine today and it was so obviously a scam. Photocopied letter and form, awful grammar and spelling. With apologies to any of your listers who have actually purchased one of these tickets (which of course I hadn’t and nor has anyody else), I would suggest that these people prey on the gullibility of pretty vaccuous people. It cost them 58 Euros to send my letter and I wont be spending any chasing them up. Come on folks, get real.
wow hey me to
proud winner of
anche io veramente ero molto vicino a cedere k finalemente la fortuna se avicinata a me ma ho scoperto questi commenti prima k facio passi sbagliati vi ringrazio molto d avermi salvato dall incoulata nel momento giusto …..
nb. a tutti quelli k l ai arriva dopo un email dal euro millones lottery di stare molto attenti di non fare falsi passi
Hi, I don’t know if many people reading will understand Italian but from the Google language translator, the previous comment seems to say something like: He almost fell for this scam but didn’t and he warns others not to fall for these fraudulent emails.
im a winner also ”” i was so pleased to reiceve a letter from . a carlos luis antonio today saying i have won loads of dosh from euro millones. 615.810.00euros i was so happy i got myself a pizza and a bottle of diet coke. so you can imagen my dissapointment to learn it is a scam. but as i live on my own and dont get much mail.i desided to look on the bright side .at least ive gained a first class spanish stamp .free of charge, and as i have a fax number for them im going to fax them a photo copy of a old pair of pants.,
Got it too, I may have fallen for it if they had printed it well, but the spelling mistakes and the bad wording gave it away. However I hope to be able to go to my Bank and borrow against it.
Shouldn’t we all be calling the police and seeing who is at the end of the phone number 0034651540919 or 0034 695013905 as shown on the letter, originally I thought this was a clever way to get you to ring a
Got mine on October 19 too -
yes i nearly fell for this one.615810.00 euros, if it were not for the dodgy printing and graphics and of course, my inquisitve nature.
ministerio de hacienda-bottom right,,
winterthur seguros compania s a.
madrid, spain. claims tel no:0034 675 013 803
I shall be faxing :
scam awareness, 2 words only!!
I was mystified upon opening a letter this morning claiming I had “won” nearly a million Euros in a lottery I had not participated in. Being unemployed at present and finding it very hard to get a job, this would have been very welcome indeed! Having been scammed this time last year by a fake Russian girl to the tune of nearly 1000 dollars (beware guys) I was suspicious about this letter to say the least. I went out to do some shopping but it was playing on my mind all the time. On return I found details of this scam.
Oh well, back to the unemployment benefit office……with this letter consigned to the waste bin.
Join the club. I also received two different letters within two days.(Obviously from an old telephone directory) written in English, sent to an address in Germany! Wow. this letter is in such good English that you could almost believe it. Thank you for your site.
best wishes for further descamming!
they messed with the wrong people. we promise u all that, there time is runnin out. we r on 2 it. we have the power and $$$ 2 trace them. DON MANO PATRI (foreign operations manager). tel 0034 638 175 877…..fax 0034 645 209 148. we r huntin u down.
Philip: I edited this comment to remove excessive profanity.
Well, thanks for putting all the info online Philip. It helps people us to confirm and comment on the issue. Secondly, i don’t understand how did they get our home addresses. These people must be captured by some international authorities.
I received a letter this morning from Madrid telling me I had won 615810.00 euros. What a scam!!!!!!!!!!
I received this letter today telling me I’d won 985,950.00 euros. I wasn’t fooled! I didn’t even take part in the draw. I feel sorry for anyone desperate enough to be taken in by this. Thank you for putting the info on line. It was the 1st place I looked to confirm it was a SCAM!!!!
i got my letter today ,i wish it was not a scam, it would of made my xmas, o well thay dont no i work on a lottery desk for 8 years lol
I received one of these letters promising $915,810.00 way down here in New Zealand.What a lot of sheep I could get for that!As soon as I saw that my name and address was not on the letter,I knew it was dodgy.Thanks for the website,I hope many others discover it.It’s time for Mr.Plod to polish up his arse kicking boots!
I got also this letter to Finland on 19NOV07 telling that You have won 615.810
What do you know? Its been just over a year since the first post about the Euro Millones Scam and it has just happened to me today. The offer was 615,810 Euros, what a joke! However they have given me 6 numbers that I will be playing for this weeks Euro Millions. Wish me luck.
tuesday november 27, 2007
mine came today, same photocopy letter without my name on it, some people must be falling for it or they wouldnt keep doing it, these people need to be caught . mine even has a photo at the bottom of some old man flashing his FALSE teeth, carlos luis antonio, vice president. any ideas who to forward it to as the bin isnt going to help the more vunerable who have no computer and are unaware of these scams. nice spanish christmas stamp on it though!!
I have just received this letter from a law firm called Perez Segura. They have even gone as far as setting up a website. My letter is also on crappy paper. Out of curiosity I have called Spain (0034 638 499 743) and spoken to a man called Dr Garcia Alonso Jr who sounded a little Nigererian, but hey, I humoured him anyway. He said that is he going to instigate the claim process but didn’t ask for any personal details and said he would be in touch via letter, so I will let you guys know what happens. I will take it as far as I can before they ask for bank detail or cold hard cash. I might as well waste their time while I can, keep em’ dangling for a bit longer.
Well how lucky to join this club!!! I got my letter today, I live in Italy, and it was sent to my former home address. I knew immediately it was a scam, but wanted to see how vast this operation is. Seems pretty wide spread seeing all the comments from various parts of the world. I intend to take the letter to the local Carbinieri/State Police. I’m sure there are people falling for this scam, elderly people come to mind, and these people need to be stopped, and need to find a real job!
Thank you all so much for writing in. I got my letter this morning here in Sweden. The fact that they bothered to send it by real mail and pay for the stamp got my attention, even though it was a photocopied letter without my name on it, but it’s amazing what one’s mind can do when you want to believe something is true. Fortunately I was smart enough to check with google before I got too carried away. It’s cruel to give people false hope, even just for a few minutes.
I received same info today; thanks for the internet write up as it makes it easy to check, not that it wasn’t obvious!! I mean there was a faint but desperate hope that it might be real but I just don’t think 715.810 euros would support my lifestyle for long either( just kidding). Oh yeah forgot to mention they were going to take 10 per cent of the insured amount, but only after I had confirmed I was a winner by giving all my IDENTITY DOCUMENTS to them!! Really not worth it, though I might for a real pay out of that size!! LOL
I received same info today;29 nov 2007 prize won 615,810.00 this is the sec time they seding this
Thank you all so much for writing in .I wasn
received same, thank you – saved me a lot of time and money checking it out.
I did complete an application for the lottery- it came up on explorer whist in use.fortunately I too am the mistrusting type.
I’m in the legal business and warned to look out for money laundering etc. I was surprised to receive mail from Malaga Spain (postmark) although letter itself was headed from Madrid ! After reading this dribble and laughing at some spelling mistakes, the warning bells did truly ring loud. Sure enough, given the poor quality paper, the Euromillones logo printed on the paper slightly blurred this had to be a scam. First place I checked was the trusty faithful world web. Thank you everyone before me as confirmation that this is indeed a scam.
You spoilsports. My prize was 3,700,000 euros. There I was, about to sack all my customers and hire a private jet to head for Madrid to collect it. What is an OSA agent? I’m supposed to contact Carlo Fernando. The telephone numbers start 00346….. 6 is a Spanish mobile number, authentic Madrid numbers with international codes start 00349 so be on your guard.
I was approached by a friend that he had received this letter twice. The first time his wife threw it in the rubbish but then when they got a second letter he thought that maybe there was truth to this thing. Luckily he had the wisdom to ask me to confirm the authenticity of the letter. At first sight I could tell it was a SCAM. The things that caught my attention was the crappy paper they used and the logo looked like it was scanned and blurry and the contact email address was to a yahoo account. I was convinced that it was a scam and after looking through the internet and finding sites like this one my thoughts were confirmed. Thank you to everyone who has made this known. Ahhh, if only it were true! lol….my firend’ would have been 480,000 euros richer
Yes, when I got the letter I thought what? I don’t have any friends in Spain… Well it turned out that I had won 615.810 euros and certainly I was suspicious but at the same time aspiring for a better life! Damn! The first thing I did was to call the guy Mr. Godson Alvaro Galvez in Spain who said everything written on the letter was real and that all I had to do is send the Payments Processing for along with a form of ID. That confirmation made me even happier believe it or not!!! The next thing I did was completed the form until a friend advised me to check the internet. Then I found these articles confirming my suspicion IT WAS ALL A SCAM!!! These people should be sued for their superfluous actions because so many people are falling for it!
I am wondering why the police cannot stop these people, with this stupidity!.
I just “won” 915,777.00 Euro!!! Since the very begging I didn’t believe it and I just researched Google.
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE AND COMPLAIN AS THIS IS FRAUD
i got Euro 785k, with all particulars describe by all above.
hmm, i wish its true.
i believe this scam involves local peoples.
WOW What a great way to start the new year!!
My girlfriend also received one of these letters just after Christmas.
With her telling me that she got a letter saying she won some money I knew it was a scam.
I have posted an entry about it on my blog, and have got a copy of the letter sent.
Has anyone else noticed that the middle group of numbers in the batch no is their area code?
Maybe we should fax the form back with fake details! lol!
If you live in the US and get the letter via snail mail, go to the postal service website http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx
and file a complaint. . They will investigate based on the number off complaints they receive. At least they have the potential to do something about these crooks.
Received in Italy.
From Madrid, Spain
Tel 0034 665224245
Fax 0034 692963947
Tel. 0034 638371418
Fax 0034 911010682
I have been more unlucky than you. I have won only
SCAM,SCAM,SCAM
I had the good news through the post this morning from, euromillons,(theres a hint, they can not even spell millions)
They want all my personal details,ok……on one letter the header is seaside seguros agency S.A
And the other euromillons loteria international.
if I was a winner which I doubt very much as I don
I also recieved a letter about winnings, my agent is Antonio Sanchez of santa lucia security company. I guess I will carry on working at least thats not a scam.
What a con… nobody gives away money for nothing. Sansa Seguridad of Madrid Spain want my details so they can process my prize of $615,810,00…oh ok then !!! When did i even take part in this draw on the 22nd December 2007 christmas bonanza i thought so I did a google search and found this site. Its not only me thats won all those “millones” then???
i also recived a letter this morning saying i won $615,810,00… on the 22nd December. can we take any legall action?
Me too for exactly the same amount! My heart did leap though. Wish it was true. Understand why some people might believe it when they need it so badly.
Its true, my uncle received the letter who is a doctor in Tirunelveli dt. South India, we got puzzeled with the same letter for more than two days and after the internet search brought the scam into light. thankyou for the updation by publishers.
II was about to slap my Boss who keeps pestering me and then retire from Job. Thank God I checked internet AND I am still in the job. All dreams will remain dreams only. ALAS!
i recieved the letter through mr godson alvaro galvez foreign service manager of barcelo seguros S.A .ITS TRUE IAM THE WINNER . i won the prize of 615,810.00euros plz give me the detail of it proceeding i will waiting for your reply as soon as possible thanks
Hey- I just got one in the mail today. I knew it was a scam from the first second I looked at it, the graphics are worse than yours. What I want to know is who the hell are these people, and how are they getting our names and addresses?
@abdul: I doubt you really won, but if you think you actually did, then contact Euromillones.
@Jessie: I have no idea. Neither my letter or the envelope ever had my name which was really the first indication it was fake. Well I guess in today’s world no one’s information is really safe. You ever see those news specials where crooks claim they can get all kinds of information on people? Kind of scary.
hi same happened to me i received a letter that i got third place in lotto winners i was so excited i even filled the form n my bank details in it i was gonna fax it but then i thought y not to check on net n then i found all these posts n i thank god i saved myself
I also recieved this letter in the mail stating that i won $815,950.00. YEAH RIGHT!! All i can say is watch out people these people are good. People that are deffently money hungry will fall for this any day!
I did get my letter today….. I have to say the the quality isn’t too bad. I would like to know how this can be legal and why they are still able to do this.
i live in the Caribbean and I received the same letter also. The name on the envelope was correct but a different name was on the letter. How do the access this information? I hope someone can put an end to this scam as some people definately fall for it. here I am living in the Caribeban and I receive a letter from SPAIN saying a won the lottery. YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t even play the lottery on my Island. I have a wonderful life here and I intend to keep it that way. Thanks to the internet I was able to do some research to confirm my suspicions. Nice try Euromillions… LOL next time send a letter on quality paper. LOL
Hi folks,
These Lotto scammers are getting better all the time! Now sending their Phish by mail!!!! It actually costs them upfront cash!!!!! The scammers are African for sure, working out of Malaga. Spain.
DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL DETAILS !!! ESPECIALLY BANK DETAILS !!! DO NOT CALL
THE NUMBER THAT THEY ASK YOU TO CALL!!! YOU MAY HAVE A LARGE PHONE BILL TO PAY!!!
If you do want to piss them off and you have got to the point when they phone you! keep them on the phone as long as you can! it will cost them the call as it is from a mobile/cell phone!
Pass on your awareness of these scams. It is the only way to stop them ! Cut out the last man ( the gullable ).
Good Luck!
the Euromillones Spanish Lottery! —————> SCAM SCAM SCAM … be careful … they will pretend to give you that awesome prize ( it doesn’t exists !!! ) right after you will send them an amount of money…be smart…you really have to play in order to win…right ?! did you? LOL …
anyways, if somebody can track them down, don’t waste any time
sorry for those who have listen to their rubbish
I too had received a letter telling me that I won $615,810.00. The letter was from Malaga and the name of the sender is Seaside Security S.A. The claim agent is Morientes Gomez with the tel. no. 0034665137922. I beleive at once when I was reading the letter I even sent my passport. I hope they won’t duplicate my passport. I hope they will do something about this. So that they will stop.
I have just received a similar letter from Spain, apparently I have won 985,950 euros – yay! Alarm bells were ringing for me when they could not even spell my name right on the envelope it came in. I have had this sort of thing before by email so knew instantly to check on the net!!! I shall certainly be reporting this as it is not on. There are people our there that do fall for what these criminals send them!
i just got a letter about an hour ago and new it was a scam it photo coped and the graphic were a mess thankz for confirming my thought
Received my letter today … personally addressed with a stamp (made me curious also) … but the same tosh as written in other comments on this page, and more or less the same layout as in the example above. Remember, if something looks too good to be true, then there is a 99.9999% chance is that it is too good to be true … SCAM SCAM SCAM. Thanks for the warnings.
i recieved it this evening. man i thought i,m gonna be the luckiest man on earth. but damn it it,s just a bloody
SCAM.
I also received a winning letter and called them,they asked me how I would like the price so l told them i wanted a cheque.l m waiting for their next move.
Hey all you winners out there!
This scam is still doing its thing…even reaching us here in the Western Isles of Scotland!
Oh well, it’s always nice to think you got something for nothing…even if it is (almost) always a dodgy scam!
My first thought when receiving this letter was “Is this realy true?” I’ll be a millionaire just a split second and my first action was to google “euromillones” and found out that I’m not the only one who has received this letter! I’m lucky I didn’t reply to the letter. Thanks to all who have warn others..
just got my post and suprise suprise i have won a lottery i have never even entered!!!!
remember the old saying “you dont get something for nothing”
did a quick googal search, found this site and others in secounds. how can anyone be so stupid to fall for this. i will pass this letter on to my local police. please if you have or recive one don’t put it in the bin hand it in.
Hi All,
i’m from Australia and recieved my letter today from Euromillions. I rang my husband, who rang the lotteries board who confirmed that it was indeed a fraud. i went one step further and rang Spain – Don Manolo Lopez who answered the phone with a sleepy “Ello”. If is was legite he would have give the usual corporate company title. i told hom I knew it was a fraud and hung up!
we are in our 70’s and we recieved a letter saying we had won a large sum of money. like fools we sent off our details to SNR MARK LUIS VIA FAX then phoned him on 0034 658 200 202. he said he was the the client and manager of SANSA SEGURIDAD S. A.
We should of looked on the web first then we would of known it was SCAM we have contacted the police and they are going to look into it
Hi colin,
I recommend that you change all of the information that you sent off if you haven’t already done so – bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etc. The scammers now have your info and they may also sell it so if you don’t change the info you sent, it’ll be circulated forever.
I received same letter today here in Ireland!!! KNew immediately it was a scam
Got one here, curiously its postmarked 31.03.08 from Malaga so it’s taken a while to get here.
Layout is mostly the same, a few extra pictures etc thrown in. Quite obviously printed on a cheap inkjet printer that needs a new ink cartridge!
Wonder how they got my address? clearly our details are being sold on to shifty characters…
One thing to note, on the back of my envelope is a smear of red stuff… could be blood, lipstick, something else maybe? possibly the result of a scammers paper cut? one can hope.
we got a similar letter about a week ago and at first we thought we were going to receive 650,000 but we weren’t to sure about sending them money straight way. So we googled this euromilliones thing and we found this site. Thanks for this website we didn’t send any money. I hope someone sews them or turns them in for what they are doing.
Well, they don’t give up !!! I received my letter today, and it says the same as everyone else’s. I just hope they don’t catch many people out – Good Luck Colin (Comment 81) – I hope you are able to sort this out before its too late.
My mum received this scam yesterday – saying she had won 650,000.00 Euros!
Her agent is Don Pablo and she has to pay 5% of the winnings to Santa Lucia Seguros SA who entered her name in the draw but they will wait to receive their payment after she has her winnings. That’s really kind of them – isnt it?? The graphics are so bad they arent even in focus.
She is already retired and living off pensions so would have been really happy to win this – had she entered the lottery in the first place!
JUST DONT DO IT. If it sounds too good to be true it usually is.
Is there somewhere these letters can be passed on to? Obviously everyone has caught on to the emails scams so they are now trying direct posting which is how my mum was targeted although where they have got the names and addresses from – who knows?
Lets hope its costs them more than they get back then hopefully they will stop sending them out.
Hi I too got something similar but in an email. But mine said this:
“All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa,
North and South America as part of our International promotions program
which we conduct once every year.”
And it gives this info:
“To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claims agent DR. ALASE
RIBEL the Foreign Service Manager of EUROBELG SECURITY COMPANY On Tel:
0034 671 972 414 Fax: 0034 911 OI2 464 Email: eurobellg@aim.com
for the processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a
designation of your choice.” (I am hoping me putting the phone numbers and email will help if someone searchs for it)
I think someone should call and say they are able to pick the money up in person, and will be willing to pay the taxes then. Just to see if they will actually try meeting with them. And if they do the Spain police would be meeting them instead
. But yeah I dont think they will fall for that. And I thought the police could track phone numbers down? Also I think they got my email from my posting on craigslist.org.
They dont give up… I received a letter 2 weeks ago telling me I had won 915810 euros,ignored it and put it in the bucket and today I received another one….so decided to google it…
I wish something could be done as not everyone will realise it IS A SCAM..
I was sent similer letter which i could not beleive was true . Although i had been on holiday the year before to majorcca , i could not recall purchasing a ticket or anythink of the sort. So just typed it in to see and much to my expectation it was false . These people are desperate low lifes and i hope no one is aken in by this trash…..
What a remarkable coincidence. I have won exactly the same amount of money as Jane (comment 84). Anyone know how to scam a scammer? I might even consider giving them their 10% AFTER the mythical winnings had been cleared into my account for at least a year!
what a thieving bunch of ******* sending these letters to elderly vunerable people. Something should be done to stop then praying on people..
They’re now targeting Norway. And guess what – what a coincidence – I’ve also won 615,810,00 euros!
BTW…all Spanish mobile phones start with 6 and all businesses start with 9.
Guess which number the phone numbers in the letter start with. In Spain you can buy mobiles without having to give your identity details.
hi all ,,,
I’m girl ,, i have alot of time because i dont have job ,, i played lottey befor 2 yers ,, in 2007 i have recieve aletter in my p.o.box from Spain … the first letter i go to tje post after the period ,, befor one week i 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 …….
this amount wold made me a Miilioners because i live in Jordan ,,, this amount is more than 1 million jordan dinnars ,, i wait some paper and i will get married soon ,,, and need mony ,, thats make me dreem and dreem because i’m poor like the jordanian ,,,, but i found a website
http://www.joewein.net/419/419-phone-es.htm
tell me the truth and i wake up,,
i graduate from university but i think when you read something like this you will dream …
I’M SO AFRAID ,, BECAUSE I THINK THIS WWELL REACH MORE THAN 1 THOUSAND POOR JORDANIAN ,, WHO NEEDS MONEY TO LIVE ,,, HOW CAN I TELL EVERY JORDANIAN FRIEND ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ,,,
My friend recieved before Christmas 2007 & I just recieved it with cell phones from Spain & santcruz@madrid.com. I notice that it doesn’t have a return address just my name & info with a big stamp from there.
I believe spanish ppl work in your favorite bank, lookout!
These scams work… they either get stupid people to pay up money upfront… or they obtain so much information on you they can try to steal your identity.
I wouldnt mind it if they looked genuine – then its like bless the little cotton sock scammer… but they are so noticible and why dont these scams ever get stopped or filtered out by our mail system or stamped “lottery scam”?
Your letter you received looked half professional i must say. My one was printed on an old inkjet printer and created in word 97. Nothing was spaced out it looked dreadful. They left one small line for a signature so was signed over to the right over the text. However for a foreign scam the English used was of good grammar and spelling (some sacked banker from England/America probably moved over to Spain) but was really stupid and easily detectible.
I knew it was a scam before i opened the envelope the “EUROMILLONES LOTERIA INTERNATIONAL S.L” text at the top proved this, as only the top half was viewable (i presumed the dot because of the spacing, it could be a space though).
I dont know why the keep interchanging europe and the world/global/international… as euro millions is europe lottery.
I quite fancy my chances of creating a better scam using a professionally printed letterhead and my laser printer, a well laid out document and worded to perfection – obviously because of the moral issues i wont. But if they really wanted to increase the success of this scam they would spend
Is sansa seguridad a serious society of games of euromillions ? I should like to have aa answer because I have send a payment form ; thank you for anyone who reads this e-Mail
The printing on mine is of such poor quality that I’m surprised anyone is hoodwinked – even with my poor eyesight want to puke just from looking at their pixellated graphics!
Out of interest, do they use the same numbers for everyone or do they try to randomise them?
try these:
Registered BN6800468GH (this looks like a graphic)
Ref number ED/76841284672/6
Batch number WA/1305/05/XXX
11th April 2008
ticket number G-777-2400-007-X
Serial number 7216-05
Lucky numbers 26-37-61-79-63-45
… claiming agent Snr Carlos Haya … Prudencia Security S A
… 10% of your lottery winnings belongs to Mapfre Marketing Company SL … this ten percent (i.e.
I’ve now won Euro Millones three times! The most recent letter I received, however, was not up to the quality I expect from this scam. The first two times the printing–while lousy–was full-color. On the new one it’s grayscale even more pixelated than before. Perhaps they’re not making the big bucks with this scam they had hoped to and have had to cut costs…
WOW! .. i feel so luky that i stooped on this site…….i just recieved tha same letter today (may, 20, 08) I really started 2 believe this at frst but then i thoughtbout it and decided 2 do sum research on this. i looged onto google and typed in santcruz@madrid.com (suppose to be the agents contact). I stumbled upon dis site and wow, wuz i fooled or what. any1 who iz reeding this pleeaze, DONT FALL 4 THESE SSCCCAAAMMMSSS!
Well I thought there are institutions that actually sue people like this ones, and probably’s been going for years so we are not protected from any authority and I’m really dissapointed I’m living in the most strong country and it still doing NOTHING to reach any justice. ENGLAND suck because it only shows what it doesn’t have JUSTICE!!! Send them to prison that’s illegal nobady can reach my name and address if me personally don’t give it away!! Well done “GOVERNMENT”.
Yes I received the winning e-mail this week, but I knew staight away it was a scam,nobody wins without entering. I was told the e-mail was picked out from millions of others. Yeah that will be right.
Hai guys i won 900165.00 euros today from euromillions
oh i forgot to tell where i m from – i m from montreal
i dont know what to do with this money (just kidding)
i got it on a creepy photocopy with a form requesting my personal info.
my agent is Dr. Dani Milito – mail address – santcruz@madrid.com
fax no 34 911 012 455 – phone no 34 634 915 580
people dont fall for this scam
if u get these mail report to this id – info@euromillones.com
as listed in site – http://www.euromillones.com/scams_euromillions.asp
I think they get these info from ur land line no – because i never shared my full no with any company other than my land line service provider
good luck for us all – lets hopefully really win lottery
hi guys,my mom also received from this bloody euromillion rubbish,but the letter was so lousy looking that i became skeptic and decide to check it on the net and true, it came to me instantaneously!! there was also an email adress and am going to mail that bastard and tell him off a bit.its soo cruel! what do they get from doing this?
today i also received a letter from euro million that i win 815810 euros and structure of letter were so poor that i understand that it was a scam. They mentioned in the letter that i can claim my money from a security company in spain. i rang that company i ask couple of questions and they do not know the answers and they do not have any website so i did not sent any of my details to them.
I just got my copy in the post today dated 30th June 2008 in London . I knew it had to be scam and this blog is the second google result after the companies own website!
Sadly It seems there must be enough stupid people who fall for this scam that they can afford to carry on with this.
I’d love to do something that would waste them more money and cause them wasted time. I’m thinking maybe emailing them from a disposable email address and getting them to call my voice mail.
I just received my copy well a photocopy by the looks.
They couldnt even be bothered to put my name of the main letter. Have anyone else noticed that we all
winning the same amount nearly, mine is supposed to be 815.950.00. well i better go back to work as i not rich.
My 69 year old mother received a similar letter today.
Maybe, very probably, these letters originate from outside Spain (anyone can buy postage stamps – look at eBay), maybe outside of EU ?? Out of legal reach….erm?
Monies they do manage to collect are directed to who? / to where? / for what purposes?? I suspect web-sites such as this serve these criminals with useful feedback!
The letter my mother received is now being posted to the Trading Standards Office in the UK.
A final thought, has anyone in Spain received these letters?
Well I must go now, to buy my National Lottery tickets! Bigger fool me, eh?
Further to my earlier comments (no. 110). Have reported details of the offensive “SCAM” letter, to the Office of Fair Trading, via an independant agency – another layer of poorly informed minions!
They have details on their database, being part of “an ongoing investigation” – since 2005 if this web-site is a fair indicator?
Do any Spanish readers know what the authorities in Spain (if Spain is where these scammers ARE based) are actively pursuing, and convicting, these low-life parasites! Please tell us your viewpoints.
We’re in South Africa – received our letter this week – were also sceptical and because at first they’re not ASKING for money we thought it just MIGHT be legitimate! But decided to check out on internet first and voila !!!!!
Glad we didn’t waste money on a phone call but if we had, and if we’d been asked to deposit money or send money we would definitely have become suspicious!!!
Perhaps Dr Phil could take up the cudgels on this Scam?!
How about calling this guy at midnight? I bet this is a private phone number, not in an office, and it has to real. We all just call a few times and let it ring once. There’s going to be a very tired mr. Zapatero
Well folks I got my dreams fulfilled in one this morning after the postman brought me the winning lottery letter..lol, i got the answer to all my prayers*not*.
I was laffin all the way to the pc as I knew even before i reached this website it was one of those SCAMS. Rev James Luis, operations manager of Union Security S L Madrid wants me to call him on +34 664 142 100…Prat! does he think ive got time to waste….Ive got a job to go to.
I did however notice that the typed envelope had my old post code, we had ours changed by the PO here in UK a few years ago, i guess the info these people have is def outdated. Lets hope these scams go the same way.
I´ve got one of those mails too. My mum would definetly believe it if she could understand english.
Hi all, I got this from the Mail prefrence service e-mail – very useful for UK residents:
Problems with Mailings from Overseas?
Mailings from overseas promoting lotteries or ‘get rich quick schemes’ are more often than not misleading and fraudulent.
Our advice is not to reply and to put it straight in your recycling bin.
It’s a difficult problem to solve but the Office of Fair Trading is working on it, you may like to send any copies you receive, including the envelope, to the European Enforcement Team at the Office of Fair Trading at Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London EC4Y 8IJ.
Yeah I got this Euro Millones too (CLEARLY THIS IS A SCAM SO DON’T KID YOURSELVES)…………….
Hi all
My daughter who is 20yrs old and a single parent received this letter this morning posted from Madrid.
I have never seen my daughter so extatic at the thought of all her problems being solved.
I am so pleased this info was available on the internet as I was nearly fooled also.
I think this is sad that these people have no consciense, no life and to be taking what could be someones every penny.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!!!
Its not a bad thing to say that these people deserve to be tied up, castrated, gang raped, decapitated and fed to the poor bulls they still treat like shit!
Sorry this isn’t constructive criticism but people need to know they are crooks and I can’t believe how many people are out there with no morals, ethics or conscience.
I’ve never been so hacked off to find out I’ve won £815,950 euros.
I was just about to buy a small little island in the Bahama’s…..I wish i’d never done a Gogle search,lol Now hitting Wales with a scam like this is extremely intelligent of the them….some of us are desperate down here you know the sheep and cows aint producing the goods they must have been tasting it in the milk and known ;-p
hmmm guess what i just received a letter saying i have won money euro like hell these asses have got to be stopped ,nice thought though
Seems I’m rich too…………….NOT!!!
Received my letter today saying I had won 715,810.00. Fortunately the crappy photocopy was an instant giveaway that its a scam and then asking for bank details!!
Thank god my DH didn’t open the letter he would have probably fallen for it-LOL
Hi!
My 10y old girl got the letter too. I reported it to the police.
well here is another winner ah ah my wifes just got her letter stating she as won £715.810.00 on the uero lottery letter recieved today 21st oct 2008 she has packed my bag for me why i dont know ? until i told her it was a scam but come on get wise to these so called people and i will continue to send my begging letters i will let u all know if we ever win anything on the lottery bye bye
I just received one of these also, apparently I have won $815,950.00…. the weird thing is though, that the letter came all the way from Madrid to Boulder Colorado USA! I have no freakin clue how these people even got my address! Sadly I can’t afford to get to Madrid to sign the fund legalization documents so I guess no big win for me. Seriously though, this is terrible. I know better than to trust this piece of paper, but some people don’t… it looks pretty convincing in some ways, even has a real signature and everything.
I receice sms this morning congragulating me and saying that winning prize is $1,116,000,00. I reply them back with an email, they aswered me in immediate affect, with all congragulations from staff again.. it was an email from madrid spain, with yahoo account… They send me so many documents to fill up and tring to convince me with stupid copied certificates.. I was near to believe I talked with a man and a woman,, they were so kind,, but i was suprised when saw a request of some amount of money.. after send money I dont know you, you dont know me..
A huge bullshit.. These people have no life.. Is spain so poor country? undeveloped? even uneducated?(many spelling mistakes) thanks for the comments people
I’m one lucky dude – last year I won over 700,000 Euro and today I get another letter from EuroMillones informing me of my E615,810.00 win. My contact agent is Mr.Godson Alvaro Galvez Foreign Services Manager of Barcelo Seguros S.A. Tel:034 692 364 357 and fax 0034 011 012 109.
I wish i’d got these letters two years ago when I actually visited Madrid & Barcelona and then I could have collected my winnings personally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Last year I did nothing about it but this time I think I will contact the Spanish consulate – something should be done about these scams – how gullable do they think we are anyway?
WOW got my letter yesterday, guess I am one of the other milions who have won money!!!Boy I am going out to buy a new house right now!! YEA RIGHT!!! How do you spell SCAM???
got the same letter, the weird thing is that they have everyones adress to send it as a letter. Sad that some people actually go for this scam, but if they cant smell 150 different signs of scam that this letter smells of then i guess the deserve it. I googled all the names in the letter, not surprisingly none of them came up with any hits(other than post like this saying it’s a scam) I remember i got the same crap on e-mail once, it was from netherlands(Holland) saying that i won 12 million euoros, haha. The mail said to copy my passport and all my bank info and mail it back. I mean, why don’t they just call the mail “scam” and write this: “hi, i’m going to scam you out of all your savings, please send me all your info that i need to pull this scam off” Anyway, i geve the letter to the cops, they sent it to international department of crime or something, doubt that they will find any connection to who sent it, but maybe they at least warn the people.
Right, just got my letter, ordered my Aston and have bought a new house!!! It’s sad people actually fall for this but it just goes to show how far scummy people will go to get hold of your well earned money.
My father died and before he died he lost 43k of his remaining life savings and died with a credit card debit of 20K to pay for the Spanish Lottery Scam. A few months after dad died my mother sent another 20k over to claim it. We can’t watch our parent all the time…They are just as vulnerable as our teens….Shame to die with debt and on an sham….but worse off…my family hates me for telling them it was a scam and calling the police…..There’s got to be a way to leave our elderly alone….Now mom owes 5k in phone bills to Spain to the “nice” man!! …omg…please help us all..
Ugghhh… My mother in law, who does not speak english well, keeps getting spam letters in the mail such as this new one from Spain. I can’t believe people have the mind to actually try and screw such innocent, uninformed people. IT’s sad. Her letter, dated October 12, 2008, said she won $915,000.00 Euros. It was from “Vice president General Jose Luis Perez”, and her claims agent is “Mr. Juston Xiva”. This lottery is a scam, and hopefully people will learn, and no one else will ever fall for this again.
Thanks to all who have posted. It still doing the rounds. Today got an e-mail claiming I’d won 500,000 euros from Spain – EUROMILLIONESLOTTERIA s.l, referring to a Mr Pedro Sanchez (!) Claims Processing Manager. There is a separate e-mail from LOPEZ stating congratulations, but I’m not even going to open that one in case they are dropping cookies.
Hello Im writing to you to tell you that I have gottin a letter too from Euro 8 Milli8on telling me I have won a big lump sum of $$$$$$$$$$$$ to fax off my personal information which includes banking infomation which I know that it is not right to do duhhhh lol but as of course I really wished it was true but like reading some of the storys says like that much $$ will fall from the sky into my lap ?
but Im going to phone around my area to make sure it is false or true from the canada area …………………….
Hi Guys,
I reside in New Zealand and received a letter (photocopy) with a release order form for about 815000 euros and the usual instructions to contact their security company In Spain for further instructions.
What a joke! These scam artists think we are stupid as their bulls they kill mercilessly in the bull fighting ring.
in Greece happened!!my grandmother is also one of the people who received a letter with a photocopy of winning 615,810 euros and a form to complete and send it back with her ID.thank god she does not know english at all so she gave it to me..these bastards must pay because they may trick a lot of people especially the elders.
what the people do today to earn money…it is really unbelievable!!!!!!
OMG! WE WERE ALL VICTIMS OF THIS SCAM, REALLY! MAY THESE SCAM PRODUCERS BE BLESSED OF WAHT IS GOOD FOR THEM! THANKS TO ALL WHO POSTED THEIR COMMENTS! WONDERFUL ACTIONS!
10th June 2009
I have now received this letter what caught my eye was the fact that the letter was headed Madrid, Spain, but was posted in Losbon, Portugal. strange
OMG……thank you ppl for the comments so we will know….my mom got one as well, ……letter headed Madrid< spain but the postage stamp was from portual….. and the zip cod NC. this ppl are so unbelieveable. Good thing there are some smart ppl around……
I believe I have got the email version of this scam, saying I had won 750,000 Euros. They seem to have brushed up their act, only a little bad grammar and no upfront demand for money, although it may perhaps be hoping I reply so they know that email address is ‘live.’ Of course, as I am too young to play lottery etc, these scams always seem a little odd right from the start
I too have just this very morning recieved a letter telling me that I had won and realised that it was a hoax they never even got the numbers right in my letter lol