Spitzer Issues Warning Against "El Gordo Sweepstakes" Sweeping Through the State
Translated version of http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2003/dec/sp/dec12b_03.html
" Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today issued a consumer warning about a foreign lottery scam preying upon New Yorkers with false promises of enormous winnings.
Numerous consumers have contacted Spitzer’s office about El Gordo Lottery from Madrid, Spain. Recipients of the lottery mailing and telemarketing scam report that they are informed by the "International Lotto Commission" that they’ve won hundreds of thousands of dollars in its lottery.
Consumers are then given various factitious reasons for sending money in advance of receiving their lottery winnings, including insurance or administrative costs, taxes and fees.
Other offers require that individuals provide personal and other banking information before the award is issued."
Damn, and I was all set retire the other day when I received my official announcement that I had won the Spanish Lottery.
Just read this:
"Due to impossibility to reach you, your award certificate has been deposited
with Seguridad Sansa S.A. registered to your file claim number. Please
forward your claim reference numbers to them because a payment bond has been
placed on your award, you are thereby advise to keep this award secret from
public notice until your claim has been confirmed and price remitted to your
account, this is part of our security protocol to all participant."
They couldn't reach me, but knew my email. Must be a European thing.
