A local woman recently contacted the Ross Gazette to warn other Ross-on-Wye residents about a scam. Barbara Nash, of Bridstow, explained that she recently received a letter claiming that she had won £725,000 on the Euromillions Fifa World Cup Super Lottery.

Immediately suspicious due to the fact that she doesn’t play a Euromillions Fifa Lottery, Barbara took to the internet and soon realised that this was a scam. In fact, the Euromillions Fifa World Cup Super Lottery does not exist.

This scam has been conning people, often pensioners, out of thousands of pounds for years. The letter claims to be from Fifa Switzerland, and states that the winner must give their bank details, complete a payment processing form, and then pay a processing and transaction fee in order to receive their reward, but in fact just takes their money.