New kind of fraud...

[Maurice]

> What is this?
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> I reside in Canada. I received a letter that seems to be a fraud. I will probably send it to the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), responsible for criminal pursuits outside of Canada.
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> I am supposed to be in the final round for a grand prize
> of $ 236,000,000.00 in the Spanish lottery El Gordo... providing I send $10.00...
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> The return envelope shows the address as:
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> Customer Service Network
> Reply paid 5649
> Gold Coast MC QLD 9726
> Australia
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> The envelope delivered to me shows Postage Paid with a Permit No. 14/01 EP CAMBODIA...
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> The company name sending me the invitation to participate is WEALTHTEC...
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> Any inquiry should be addressed to [e-mail] and the web site appears to be www.ilagents.com...
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> Amazing! A spanish lottery, referred to by an Australian lottery, having a mailing permit from Cambodia. Furthermore the letter says that winners will not be announced (how practical...). And all this package is sponsored by WEALTHTEC (who are they? I don't know).
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> Fantastic how some people have a great imagination.
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> As I said earlier, What Is This Crap? Anybody thinks that the world is going "Nuts"
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> Is there a link between this so called Wealthtec, the so called Australian lottery and this Maria Duval?

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> Maurice

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[Kevin Harrington]

Not a new kind of fraud at all, it's a rerun of one that operated in 2004. Probably the only connection with Maria Duval is that they both use mailing lists and bulk mail. The other similarity is this: money sent is money wasted. The recipients of Maria Duval letters tend to receive those of lottery scams, they have indicated that they want money without effort.

It is true that there are enormous winnings on El Gordo, but the ticket sales are enormous too!

The address "Gold Coast MC" is Gold Coast Mail Centre, therefore the scam is hiding behind a PO Box number.