BS: Euromillions scam

Subject: BS: Euromillions scam
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 06:33 AM

Yippee, I've just won £80,000 in the Euromillions lottery, I'll send Max a cheque for the Mudcat and ...Oh, just a minute. I have never bought a Euromillions lottery ticket. The letter, covered in all sorts of official logos and stamps, was posted in Spain, where I've never been. Oh, all I have to do is fill in the attached form to the "agent" who has my winnings in an escrow account. I just have to send my bank details...
You get the picture!
Damn,
back to the over-60s special offers in the shops again!

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 08:31 AM

a better pic Oct 22 cartoon

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 08:49 AM

I won too. Still waiting for the money to show up in my account. I sent the "good faith" $15000 they asked for. Wonder what the delay could be...

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 10:09 AM

Hey - hands off - It's MY money. I know because I got a letter!

On a more serious note the latter was not really mine - It was addressed to my late step mother. My father - Who is nearly 90 and tends to get confused at times could quite easily have been conned into sending his details. Is it worth sending it on the police? I guess they must be aware but scamming old people is particularly frowned upon. Would it add any ammunition to the authorities?

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: BTNG
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 10:28 AM

a well organised scam then, what with a fancy website and all. A lovely online casino. 9 countries involved in the scam, including the UK and Ireland. Twitter, Facebook RSS feed...boy! are they EVER organised ....AND you can be conned in..count'em...eight languages!

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: EBarnacle
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 10:58 AM

If you got it as physical mail, it's mail fraud. Give it to the post office and let them deal with it . . . or not.

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 02:34 PM

Ta EB - but all the checks I have made indicate we can report it to any number of fraud authorities but no mention of the post office oddly enough! Anyhow I will pass it on to one of them. Doubt if owt will happen but at least it may be a bit more ammo.

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: GUEST,999
Date: 24 Oct 11 - 03:13 PM

"Yippee, I've just won £80,000 in the Euromillions lottery"

Roger, the last time they sent me the letter saying how much I'd won it was over 500,000 pounds. You are getting ripped off. Tell them to up the ante or they aren't getting your bank account details.

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 11:10 AM

I,ll reply to them using my solicitors, Messrs Sue Grabbit and Run.

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: Musket
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 12:03 PM

You realise of course that the odds of them coughing up are not actually that far distant from the odds of winning the real one?

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: BTNG
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 12:18 PM

solicitors, Messrs Sue Grabbit and Run. associated with Dewey, Dickem and Howe

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: olddude
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 12:32 PM

Back off all of you ... I won that first .. I did

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 05:18 AM

Yeah, I won £80,000 as well but I couldn't get to it cos I got an email saying my bank account had been blocked.

The solution was easy though, all I had to do was type in all my account details and, hey presto!, the account was fine! Now all I've got to do it find out why my Visa card won't be accepted anywhere...

LOL Pete

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: GUEST,Roger the cookieless skifflet
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 09:24 AM

It amused me that they give a very unround sum to make it seem plausible. I've referred it to local Trading Standards but I don't suppose they'll do anything. We'll advise ever older & more confused neighbours, or their carers to watch out for these letters.

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 09:29 AM

All I know is that I am never going to fly Burkina Faso airlines.Bleeding dangerous If you ask me...They just crash on a daily basis, killing a multi millionare evry time. All of the money is heading my way....(I'm up to over 80 million dollars in the last 6 weeks)
Just send my bank details/passwords You know the kind of thing!

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: GUEST,John from Kemsing
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 11:32 AM

Roger the Skiffler.

You`ve got me concerned now. Spain! They`re getting nearer. I normally get my e-mails of this nature from the High Street, Abuja, Nigeria!.

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: BTNG
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 11:37 AM

The former Mrs Moutse Sithole of High Street, Abuja, Nigeria is now Senora Maria Franco, The Parade, Alicante, Costa Blanca, Spain ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: GUEST,John from Kemsing
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 12:53 PM

BTNG. Tee Hee. Obviously another "Private Eye" fan.

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: BTNG
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 01:04 PM

The Memoirs of Grocer Heath and His Pals and the rantings of Lunchtime O' Booze aka Lunchtime O' News are fresh in memory.....LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: BTNG
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 01:44 PM

I quite forgot, the most appropriate section of Private Eye in relation to some at Mudcat is......
PSEUDS CORNER!!!

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: Gurney
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 03:47 PM

You lucky devils! All I've won is an ePhone! Can't remember entering anything, though, and it wasn't from my cell provider.

Subject: RE: BS: Euromillions scam
From: BTNG
Date: 26 Oct 11 - 05:14 PM

well a friend receieved an American Express Platinum Card, and she didn't even apply for it...turns out that because he father was such a good American Express client, the figured she was a good risk...she cut up the card and sent it back to American Express