Lottery Loss
Most people dream of winning the lottery, but for one unnamed local, the dream became a nightmare, when scammers relieved them of €20,000 in 'Lottery Win Acceptance Fees'.
They had received the scam letter from Madrid telling them that they had won €674,349.69 in the spanish lottery, and were asked to contact the company within three weeks to claim the money.
At this point they were asked to transfer €20,000 in acceptance fees after which the scammers disappeared off the radar, no doubt to set up once again elsewhere.
It's a variation on the Nigerian oil money scam which has been operating for years, and while you may well question the gullibility of some people in believing wild improbable stories, the sheer numbers which the scammers target, means they will certainly 'catch' someone.
Some wise wag once said that a fool and his money are easily parted, to which another wag added that he didn't understand how they got together in the first place.
They had received the scam letter from Madrid telling them that they had won €674,349.69 in the spanish lottery, and were asked to contact the company within three weeks to claim the money.
At this point they were asked to transfer €20,000 in acceptance fees after which the scammers disappeared off the radar, no doubt to set up once again elsewhere.
It's a variation on the Nigerian oil money scam which has been operating for years, and while you may well question the gullibility of some people in believing wild improbable stories, the sheer numbers which the scammers target, means they will certainly 'catch' someone.
Some wise wag once said that a fool and his money are easily parted, to which another wag added that he didn't understand how they got together in the first place.
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