Nigerian lottery letter scam broken up in Málaga

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Nigerian lottery letter scam broken up in Málaga
By m.p. - Feb 17, 2008 - 9:05 PM
ALSO SEE : • Nigerian lottery scam sent 25,000 letters every day - May 30, 2008 - 7:40 AM
• 50 arrests against Málaga lottery scam - May 29, 2008 - 8:09 AM

There were seven arrests in Málaga and three in Huelva province
Police have broken up another lottery letter scam which operated from Málaga, and brought in more than 19,000 € over a period of three months in expenses demanded from the winners before they could claim their win. Seven arrests were made in Málaga and three in Huelva, all of them Nigerian nationals.

Police said the emails the suspects sent came from the Teatinos area of Málaga, and were sent using a neighbour’s internet connection without permission.

Letters went all over the world informing the recipients of their lucky win, and the investigation began with a report from Iran last year from a man who said he had received a letter from Málaga informing him of his win on the Spanish national lottery. He was told to make two bank transfers amounting to 5,000 € in order to claim the money.

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ALSO SEE :
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Comments

Paul
18 Feb 2008, 16:20

This is a well known scam that these Nigerian bastards try all the time on every un-suspecting person that they can and normally it nets them much more than this. The smelly niggers know this and many other similar ones but don't know how to do a days hard work so be very careful.

not paul
18 Feb 2008, 17:43

hey paul, you don't have to be a racist man. we are all human beings. Your hate makes you sound like you aren't very intelligent...

danielle
24 Mar 2008, 18:28

how do they get ur name and address for the lottery letter scam?

editor
24 Mar 2008, 18:53

Probably from the phone book, Danielle. Only last week we received a similar lottery scam letter sent from Germany.

danielle
25 Mar 2008, 19:35

well my sister has received a letter and she lives in england she was in malaga in december and the letter is saying that she has won over £700.000.00 on the spanish lottery could this be a scam to..? my sister dosnt know ive got concerns. many thanks

editor
25 Mar 2008, 19:37

If she did not spend money on buying a ticket here in Spain, then it is a scam for sure.

danielle
26 Mar 2008, 22:41

when u buy a lottery ticket in spain do you have to put your mane and address on the back of the ticket?

salau taiwo
05 Apr 2008, 13:15

i am relly dying to come to spain cause my football career will be useless pls help me thanks.

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