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Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2007 11:11 pm |
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| they are a group of scammers doyle. they go around asking for pple's details and what happens is they will steal your identity (they ask for a copy of your licence and/or passport) and probably rob you of all the money you have in your account (through your card details). so i advise you to stay away really.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10th, 2007 06:02 pm |
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I got a letter today saying i won a large amount of money
asking me for my banking ifmortion and so on
it was a photo copy not the real thing
it also gave you a phoner number to call to give them this informotation
i'm going to be call the better business bureau to inform this is being done
so do'nt be taken in by this scam anyone
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ronkath
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Posted: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 03:20 pm |
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| Hi I am from ny and i received this international lotto commission letter as well. I called the BBB of new your and was told to call 877 382 4357 for international trade. If any one finds any real information about this let us share it because there are way too many fraudulant companies waiting to scam inocent people.
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ronkath
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Posted: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 03:35 pm |
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| The information i obtained from the federal trade commission id this this may not be real. they are filing a complaint and i was advisedthat we would not be able to claim any money from another country. Call guys 877 382 4357 for more info. Don't give any personal information.
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Joe Public
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Posted: Sat Jul 14th, 2007 04:08 am |
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Spam is spam.. via snailmail or the net. delete or tear-up this lotto spam is the best advice available, plus warn those around you of this scam.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17th, 2007 08:31 pm |
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| hi received the same letter as you did my friend. i had won 615,810.00. i had to contact don xavi luis. apparently he is groupama foreign service manager, i like you had my doubts as this looked like a photocopy. if this was genuine it would have been more proffesionally done.........
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Posted: Fri Jul 20th, 2007 03:51 am |
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I got the same letter yest....I know its a fraud...but jst chkd it outta curiosity and i landed up here.... am basically from INdia but stayin in melbourne.....am gonna complaint this to police.....
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SavedByTheBell
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Posted: Tue Jul 31st, 2007 02:17 pm |
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I haven't exactly been victimized....thankfully! Though my hopes did get lifted and then crashed! This is the first time I have ever experienced anything like this, so I wasn't sure how to react! I received a message on my mobile informing me that I had won US$ 1,000,000/- and I was given an email address and a phone number in Spain! I called the number and I was advised to send my passport copy by email to the address mentioned along with my mobile number attentioned to a Mrs. Lisa Diago, which unfortunately I did! I received a response almost too soon after that, confirming yet again that I had won the said amount! There was a long letter in which they spoke a lot about some legalization process and that I was supposed to forward EURO 2,000/- to them for the leaglization procedure! I was supposed to send them the money by Western Union (which now I understand meant that there would be no way to track them down)! There was no mention of a website and their email address was madridoffice_madridoffice@yahoo.com! I was told to contact a "Barrister Mark Anderson" who is supposedly their Head of Legal Department! His number is 0034626833994! I called him and he too confirmed that I have won the lottery and to send the 2,000/- EURO's to process the legalization procedure and that the winning money would be forwarded to me within 48 hours of completing the legalization! Luckily I checked the Internet and found out that this particular scam has been making its rounds for quite a while! I did not send them the money nor any details of my bank account! However, I am a bit concerned that they have a copy of my passport! I'm just wondering whether there is any cause for me to worry about this! I would appreciate it if somebody could reassure me on this! Thanks!
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lizjoy
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Posted: Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 09:08 pm |
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 My husband just received a letter about winning a lotto, did only ask for bankl a/c and wifes details, glad we were told about this site, as we will not pass on the information that has been asked for,but how do they get our address to start with? can any one tell me. thank you. ( the title of the letter does look like it has been scanned thou it's all fuzzy) everyone beaware i say ours was called El Combo ONCE
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Posted: Fri Aug 3rd, 2007 10:11 pm |
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I am in London. I also received the same letter from International Lotto Commission today, telling that I had been awarded 915,810 Euro from "La Primitiva Lottery Promotions Program New Year Highstake" with showing a lot of realistic-looking reference numbers, etc., and that the money had been already in Banco Santander Madrid Spain.
As I had never bought or registered to lotteries, I was wondering what this was. Then, I checked the sender's address on the google map, and checked if any website was available for this agent Don Luis Mark's company "Divine Seguros Comp S.A.", but did not seem to exist.
Also I checked the Banco Santander Madrid Spain where they said the fund was deposited. The Banco Santander exists and their service included Lotteries. But Banco Santander Madrid Spain didn't look being there. In the list of the various lotteries, there was "La Primitiva". It sounded similar but, in that real program web site, no lottery had been held on the date the letter said. And those luckey numbers did not match any, either.
At the signature section on the bottom left, the name Antonio Garcia Pearl was printed with the title 'ICE PRESIDENT, LOTTERY AWARD BOARD.' Width for the title must be too short for 'V'. And that Antonio Garcia Pearl's signature paste was handwritten "Ellen Marq XX(couldn't read)."
Bandits should be more artistic.
Everybody, let's not be cheated.
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lizjoy
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Posted: Sat Aug 4th, 2007 10:42 am |
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| I agree lets not be scammed at all by these people it is very lucky that some of us look deeper into these things, i just wish somthing could be done about them.
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Posted: Mon Aug 6th, 2007 03:08 pm |
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 I received an identical letter today as the one described. I thought it must be a scam as the old saying is true- if it appears too good to be true, then it probably is. I'm glad I trusted my instincts and checked the 'net first before replying. Hope that no one out of desperation has fallen for this one or sent all details/money. If no-one falls for it then they're out of business.
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Posted: Tue Aug 7th, 2007 07:46 am |
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| I have recently been bombarded by a group of scammers from Ghana, Africa(Ivory Coast). They said that they had found me in a London database. then they began calling me on my cell phone number. These people are dangerous and clever. i saved every e-mail in a fraud folder and 2 days before I was going to fax them to the proper authorities, They had completely disappeared from my computer.
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Joe Public
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Posted: Tue Aug 7th, 2007 07:03 pm |
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This letter is Spam. The Internet is full of unemployed leaches who prey on the naive/old or even smart & hungry.
Kind regards, and welcome to "perspectives.com"..
JP
Last edited on Tue Aug 7th, 2007 07:04 pm by Joe Public
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Posted: Fri Aug 10th, 2007 01:12 pm |
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hi guys
thnx 4the info
im from uk and my mom has got a letter on 3rd of Aug saying that she won lots of money
is it real or is it just a spam? please let me know if you anything about this
this is my hotmail raghda-1990@hotmail.com please e-mail me
thank you
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Posted: Fri Aug 10th, 2007 01:25 pm |
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RAGHDA wrote: hi guys
thnx 4the info
im from uk and my mom has got a letter on 3rd of Aug saying that she won lots of money
is it real or is it just a spam? please let me know if you anything about this
this is my hotmail raghda-1990@hotmail.com please e-mail me
thank you
*she has got the same letter, but with different signiture, CATALINA ALVAREZ
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lizjoy
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Posted: Sun Aug 12th, 2007 09:07 pm |
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Do not reply at all it's a scam thanks to this web site i found out.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16th, 2007 06:06 pm |
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Hi to all
My name is Jarmine and I'm from Aruba the caribbean.
I also received a letter telling me I won EU 710.350,00 in cash accredetited to my tickt number ?? (I didn't buy any ticket). This came from All Lotto desk mng director and sign by Jose Miguel Fernandez clamming to be director of this company.
I call the number 00 34 699 830 824 ext 25 to contact claim agent Dr. Toni Rubio foreing operation mngr of LIBERTY SECURIDAD E.S. in Spain.
The First: thing very strange is that it was a cellphone/mobile telephone in Spain Second: It needed no extesion number to get to Toni Rubio (he himself answer the phone) Third: He inmediately told me to fill in the fax format and send this to him and he will call me back to give further instructions. I got suspecious and talk to frieds about this. They didn't like this bussiness and we decided to look for more info about this lotto on the net. We Google the name mentioned and didn't find anything like it. We went to the Spanish Yellow and White pages and nothing. Then we found this site.
We kept looking and found this that might be interesting:
http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/scamwatch/prizelottery.html
http://onlae.terra.es/indexp.htm it is in spanish you can get it also in English:
IMPORTANT WARNING
Loterías y Apuestas de Estado (LAE) would like to inform the general public that a number of groups of criminals of various nationalities are using the prestige and the commercial names of the Spanish Lottery by fraudulent means in several countries. They move easily around the whole world and use mobile telephones, PO boxes, provisional or false addresses (including real addresses of official Spanish organisations), as well as names that bring to mind prestigious institutions ("el Gordo", la Primitiva", "European Lottery Commission", etc.) They also forge the printed sheets and signatures of various banks or insurance firms.
In order to carry out the fraud, the procedure that is generally followed consists of informing the potential victim that they have been the lucky winner of a substantial prize (even if they have not participated in any draw), although they cannot collect this prize until they have paid an amount going towards the taxes, bank costs, delivery costs or insurance processing, etc. Usually, the fraudster warns their potential victim that the deadline to pay these charges is very soon and that their right to collect the prize is about to expire.
Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, that is, the Spanish Lottery, wants to inform very clearly the following:
1. To win a prize of the Spanish lottery is essential to have purchased previously lottery or bets of our range of products.
2. Spanish lottery prizes are always free of taxes and burdens.
3. When you are offered “prizes” that seem to be linked to the Spanish Lottery, DO NOT PAY ANY AMOUNT. We are, in all probability, before a criminal fact that must be reported to the authorities. The Spanish Police has already arrested and subjected to legal procedures some of the members of groups who were operating from Spain.
4. If you have any question, please contact:
sugerencias@loteriasyapuestas.es
I hope this will help more people as it help me. Knowing that They at least are doing something with this people and that more and more people are taking actions in this matter!!!!!
Greetings
Jarmine
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Posted: Wed Sep 12th, 2007 09:01 am |
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Am in the UK, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, Ive just received the lotto scam letter today aswell saying Ive won £915,810,000 ha ha ha as if I'd believe that, but there maybe some vulnerable people out there, so I found this website http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscamnamesI.php
which has a list of All the lotto scams going have a look if you letter is listed then you have be scammed , just thought it may help someone out there
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Posted: Wed Sep 12th, 2007 12:28 pm |
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| i'm from uk. me too got this letter saying i won euro 615810, they will ask you 2 send the money just to realese your winning $$$$. i don't think so. i'm going 2 report to the polise.
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