June 3, 2005 - 08:50 AMT
JUSTICE MINISTRY WARNS: FOREIGN E-MAIL LOTTERIES MERE FRAUD
On June 2 the Armenian Justice Ministry had to issue a recurrent statement warning the Armenian citizens against participation in Internet lotteries notifying of various big winnings. The latest statements was issued at the beginning of 2005, when Spanish swindlers offered Armenian citizens to make some payments for receiving the winning of EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA lottery or NET SWEEP STAKES LOTTARY. According to a source in the RA Justice Ministry, one Armenian citizen even sold his car to pay for the "service" of the Spanish swindlers and sincerely believed that he has really won $2 million in the lottery. It turned out that he was in correspondence with the cheaters and even informed them about his bank requisites, IA Regnum reports.