Conman Sir Mhd Bassam Safieh.
· Sir Mhd. Bassam Safieh had a 'suckers list' of target victims to send bogus letters
· The letters were sent by a ‘lottery agent’ targeting mainly pensioners informing them they had won the Lottery
· He received around 350,000.00 Thousand Euros from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London
· Safieh who claims he is a diplomat and works with the Europol police department.
· Safieh also claims he is known as 'Sir' in Malta.
· Judge Richard Hone QC had little sympathy for Safieh, who broke down in tears at Central Criminal Court as he was jailed for seven years