This one was passed to me by Andrew, 2W0MGB, from one of his friends. It is a letter claiming, well let's see shall we?
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND LEGAL CONSULTANTS RAIMUNDO F VILLAVERDE,
65 - 28003 MADRID,
SPAIN CENTRAL oFFR-r
TEL: +34 9 11 01 64 26
FAX: +34 9 17 90 53 15
INTL.DEPT. TEL +34 6 96 59 00 56
RI:F. NO: I'ZA3622/PPM/08
03/12/2008
ATTENTION: {name here}
PROCESSING AND PAYMENT OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY
This is to notify you of the completion of an investigation initiated by the OCASO SEGUROS, an insurance venture here in Spain, to confirm the true beneficiary of the prize money which has been left unclaimed with an investment company since over one year.
The prize money together with the profit from investment is 895,810.40Euros This amount was awarded to you after a coupon which your name was attached to, emmg4 with the winning numbers. 2 4 12 66 45 95. The coupons were bought by an insurance company, who in order to promote their company and products, collect names from city registry and data base from around the world.
Soon after your name emerged as a winner, your money was deposited with the investment department of one of the largest oil companies here in Spain (CEPSA INVESTMENT MANAGERS) which invested it in high profitable shares for an initial period of six months.
The plan to release the money to you after the initial period of investment failed, because there was a complication with the addresses of the winners and as a result some notification letters were sent to the wrong addresses. This resulted in false application for the claiming of the money from some unscrupulous individuals. In response to this development, the Insurance Company ordered the money retained with the investment company pending the conclusion of an investigation to identify the true winner/s of the prize money.
In the light of this development, the Insurance in conjunction with the investment company have appointed us to represent and assist both of you in the processing and payment of your prize money. For advise, on how to begin you claim, we request you to contact immediately, our senior partner, DR ANGEL FERNANDO AVLARO, on the international department telephone number above. Your interest for the processing and payment of your money must be made before the 24'b of December, 2008. Your money will automatically be reinvested by the investment company after this date. Please, do let us know if you would like the money to be reinvested.
Moreover, always quote your reference number in any of Your correspondence with us and also keep this notification out of public notice until the process is completed and your fund is released to you.
We happily congratulate you and look forward to representing you.
Best regards,
DR DAVID RECARDO PIZARRO PRINCIPAL PARTNER
(The {name here} was my editing, the recipients name would be there, in this instance just his surname, no initials, first name or title).
So let's take a look: Hmmm. What's a "SPAIN CENTRAL oFFR-r"? Should that be Office? Not very professional for an, allegedly, international company, surely they'd have someone who reads and writes English?
In fact punctuation, grammer and spelling (what's an "emmg4"?) all point to a not very professional international set up (and "set up" is right!).
A quick look in a search engine does, indeed, turn up a company called RAIMUNDO F VILLAVERDE located in 28003 MADRID, SPAIN. They are the: Iberia, sales of molasses and related products for Tate & Lyle! (see: this page at the bottom).
Again there is no money, the whole thing is a scam to relieve you of what money you have. If you recieve one of these, just file it under "R" for Recycle Bin.
Thanks Andrew, and Jim, for sharing that with us.